ROMEO AND JULIET FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE REVIEW CORRECT BACK

ROMEO AND JULIET FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE REVIEW

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ACT ONE Directions: Read each quote and determine what type of figurative language device(s) is/are being used.

“I HATE THE WORD PEACE LIKE I HATE HELL” Simile Metaphor

”HE TAUNTED ME AND WAVED HIS SWORD AROUND, MAKING THE AIR HISS. ” Simile Personification

“HE’S BEEN SEEN THERE MANY MORNINGS, CRYING TEARS THAT ADD DROPS TO THE MORNING DEW AND MAKING A CLOUDY DAY CLOUDIER WITH HIS SIGHS. ” Hyperbole Personification

“HE’S LIKE A FLOWER BUD THAT WON’T OPEN ITSELF UP TO THE WORLD BECAUSE IT’S BEEN POISONED FROM WITHIN BY PARASITES. ” Simile Personification

“I DON’T HAVE THING THAT MAKES TIME FLY. ” Hyperbole Metaphor

”WHAT’S SAD IS THAT LOVE IS SUPPOSED TO BE BLIND, BUT IT CAN STILL MAKE YOU DO WHATEVER IT WANTS. ” Personification Hyperbole

“LOVE IS HEAVY AND LIGHT, BRIGHT AND DARK, HOT AND COLD, SICK AND HEALTHY, ASLEEP AND AWAKE—IT’S EVERYTHING EXCEPT WHAT IT IS!” Simile Metaphor

“MY SADNESS SITS HEAVY IN MY CHEST, AND YOU WANT TO ADD YOUR OWN SADNESS TO MINE SO THERE’S EVEN MORE. ” Hyperbole Personification

“HERE’S WHAT LOVE IS: A SMOKE MADE OUT OF LOVERS’ SIGHS. WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS, LOVE IS A FIRE BURNING IN YOUR LOVER’S EYES. ” Metaphor Simile

”IF YOU FRUSTRATE LOVE, YOU GET AN OCEAN MADE OUT OF LOVERS’ TEARS. ” Simile & Hyperbole Personification & Metaphor

“WHAT ELSE IS LOVE? IT’S A WISE FORM OF MADNESS. IT’S A SWEET LOZENGE THAT YOU CHOKE ON. ” Metaphor Hyperbole

“SHE’S AS CLEVER AS DIANA, AND SHIELDED BY THE ARMOR OF CHASTITY. ” Simile & Metaphor Simile & Hyperbole

“HER BEAUTY IS LIKE A NOTE TELLING ME WHERE I CAN SEE SOMEONE EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL. ” Simile Hyperbole

“I’LL SHOW YOU HOW TO FORGET, OR ELSE I’LL DIE OWING YOU THAT LESSON. ” Metaphor Hyperbole

”AT MY HUMBLE HOUSE TONIGHT, YOU CAN EXPECT…” Personification Metaphor

“YOU’LL BE DELIGHTED BY YOUNG WOMEN AS FRESH AS SPRING FLOWERS. ” Personification Simile

“I’M NOT CRAZY BUT I’M TIED UP TIGHTER THAN A MENTAL PATIENT IN A STRAIGHTJACKET. ” Metaphor Simile

“THE WOMAN WHO YOU THINK IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS A SWAN IS GOING TO LOOK AS UGLY AS A CROW TO YOU. ” Hyperbole Simile

IF MY EYES EVER LIE TO ME LIKE THAT, LET MY TEARS TURN INTO FLAMES AND BURN THEM FOR BEING SUCH OBVIOUS LIARS! Personification Hyperbole

THE SUN ITSELF HAS NEVER SEEN ANYONE AS BEAUTIFUL SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN. Metaphor Hyperbole

I SWEAR, SHE HAD A BUMP ON HER FOREHEAD AS BIG AS A ROOSTER’S TESTICLE. Simile Hyperbole

HE’S AS PERFECT AS IF HE WERE SCULPTED FROM WAX. Personification Simile

“WE’RE NOT GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR DANCE BY HAVING SOMEONE DRESS UP AS CUPID, BLINDFOLDED AND CARRYING A TOY BOW TO FRIGHTEN THE LADIES LIKE A SCARECROW. Personification Simile

MY SOUL IS MADE OUT OF LEAD, AND IT’S SO HEAVY IT KEEPS ME STUCK ON THE GROUND SO I CAN’T MOVE. Hyperbole Personification

HIS ARROW HAS PIERCED ME TOO DEEPLY, SO I CAN’T FLY HIGH WITH HIS CHEERFUL FEATHERS. Simile Personification

I THINK IT’S TOO ROUGH, TOO RUDE, TOO ROWDY, AND IT PRICKS LIKE A THORN. Simile Metaphor

HEY, YOU’RE BEING A STICK IN THE MUD, AS CAUTIOUS AS A POLICEMAN ON NIGHT PATROL. Simile Metaphor

DREAMS ARE NOTHING BUT SILLY IMAGINATION, AS THIN AS AIR, AND LESS PREDICTABLE THAN THE WIND, WHICH SOMETIMES BLOWS ON THE FROZEN NORTH AND THEN GETS ANGRY AND BLOWS SOUTH. Metaphor & Hyperbole Simile & Personification