Romeo and Juliet Figures of Speech

Question 1

Pun

Answer 1

A play on words that involves words that sound the same but have different meanings

Question 2

metaphor

Answer 2

A comparison between two unlike things that have something in common; often defined by saying something IS something else

Question 3

Paradox

Answer 3

a STATEMENT that seems to be contradictory, but is actually true

Question 4

Oxymoron

Answer 4

TWO WORDS side-by-side that pose a seeming contradiction

Question 5

You have dancing shoes with nimble soles; i have a soul of lead so stakes me to the ground i cannot move

Answer 5

pun

Question 6

my only love, sprung by my only hate

Answer 6

paradox

Question 7

this bud of love..may prove a beauteous flower

Answer 7

metaphor

Question 8

darn saint

Answer 8

oxymoron

Question 9

come,romeo,come, thou day in night

Answer 9

metaphor

Question 10

still waking sleep

Answer 10

oxymoron

Question 11

ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man

Answer 11

pun

Question 12

juliet is the sun

Answer 12

metaphor

Question 13

heavy lightness

Answer 13

oxymoron

Question 14

fiend angelical

Answer 14

oxymoron

Question 15

we’ll not carry coals..for then we should be colliers…draw your neck out of the collar

Answer 15

pun

Question 16

in one body thou counterfeitst a bark, a sea, a wind

Answer 16

metaphor

Question 17

in death you will find everlasting life

Answer 17

paradox

Question 18

wicked fiend

Answer 18

oxymoron

Question 19

verbal Irony

Answer 19

statements that mean an opposition to their meaning (sarcasm)

Question 20

situational Irony

Answer 20

actions taken have an effect opposite of what is intended

Question 21

dramatic Irony

Answer 21

when audience knows a character is making a mistake