Comedy Of Errors Literary Devices Quiz

The confusion between Antipholus and Dromio pairs creates what dramatic effect?

When Antipholus calls his servant a snail for slowness, what device is used?

What is an example of wordplay common in Dromio’s speeches?

When Pinch appears to exorcise devils, what kind of humor is created?

What literary device is central to the entire plot of The Comedy of Errors?

What literary term describes Shakespeare’s use of repeated misunderstandings for humor?

When characters mistake one twin for another, what device is being used?

What device describes the mistaken identities leading to opposite outcomes of intent?

When Adriana exaggerates her emotional suffering, what device is used?

What is the device in lines where sound patterns like “fair face and fickle faith” appear?

What device appears when the twins’ lives mirror each other’s events?

When a character says “They say this town is full of cozenage,” what device is present?

What type of humor is most dominant throughout the play?

When Shakespeare uses the Abbess as a figure of truth and reconciliation, what device appears?

When Antipholus of Syracuse describes Ephesus as bewitched, what device is used?

What device appears when a word has multiple meanings and is used humorously?

When Egeon tells his tragic story at the start, what structure device is used?

What device is used when Adriana compares marriage to bondage?

When Adriana’s jealousy contrasts with Luciana’s calm, what device is used?

What device is created when the audience knows the truth about the twins while the characters do not?

When Adriana expresses jealousy through elaborate speeches, what rhetorical device is seen?

When Dromio jokes about beating and mistaken identity, what kind of humor is this?

The constant references to madness and witchcraft in Ephesus show what device?

What literary term applies to Shakespeare’s use of twins and coincidence to drive the plot?

What device ties the play’s ending to its beginning through reunion and restoration?

When the Abbess reveals herself as Emilia, what literary device concludes the play?

When Dromio says “she’s spherical, like a globe,” and maps countries on Nell’s body, what device appears?

When the chain causes escalating confusion, it acts as what literary device?

When characters repeat similar words for comedic rhythm, what device is that?

What device is used when Dromio compares Nell to a globe?