Romeo And Juliet Test Review Flashcards

a warning/indication of a future event

giving human traits to objects or ideas

a reference to a well-known piece of literature, poetry, etc.

two words put together that contradict each other

a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement

an address to a dead/absent person or to a non-living thing as if it were present/living

an exaggeration to show strong feeling or effect

an author’s usage of a single metaphor/analogy throughout a poem or story

the comparison of two things using “like” or “as”

meaning of Romeo’s dream

literary element in: “Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds, Towards Phoebus’ lodging!“

literary element in: “Why, thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more, or a hair less, in his beard, than thou hast“

literary element in: “I’ll warrant him, as gentle as a lamb”

literary element in: “Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon”

literary element in: “O happy dagger”

literary element in: “Why I descend into this bed of death Is partly to behold my lady’s face“

literary element in: “But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!“

literary element in: “O brawling love! O loving hate, O any thing, of nothing first created! O heavy lightness, serious vanity, Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms”

“ A crutch, a crutch! Why call you for a sword?“

“No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir.“

“O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you.”

“I fear, too early; for my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars”

“O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night”

“This, by his voice, should be a Montague. Fetch me my rapier, boy.“

“If he is married, my grave is like to be my wedding bed.”

“Come, he hath hid himself among these trees to be consorted with the humorous night.”

“If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark.”

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

“O, swear not by the moon, th’ inconstant moon”

“Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books; But love from love, toward school with heavy looks.“

“Parting is such sweet sorrow That I shall say good night till it be morrow.“

“Why, is not this better now than groaning for love?”

"So smile the heavens upon this holy act that afterhours with sorrow chide us not!"

"These violent delights have violent ends"

"For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring."

"Come, come, thou art as hot as a Jack in thy mood as any in Italy; and as soon moved to be moody, and as soon moody to be moved"

"Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat"

"Thy beauty hath made me effeminate"

"I beg for justice, which thou, Prince, must give. Romeo slew Tybalt; Romeo must not live"

"Hold thy desperate hand. Art thou a man? Thy form cries out thou art; Thy tears are womanish"

"My heart is wondrous light, Since this same wayward girl is so reclaimed."

"I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins that almost freezes up the heat of life."

"Is it e’en so? Then I defy you, stars!"