Romeo and Juliet

Question 1

extreme exaggeration

Answer 1

hyperbole

Question 2

repetition of initial consonant sounds

Answer 2

alliteration

Question 3

when the opposite occurs from what you expect to happen

Answer 3

Situational Irony

Question 4

combination of contradiction words

Answer 4

oxymoron

Question 5

humorous interjection in a serious work, intended to relieve tension

Answer 5

comic relief

Question 6

reference to a well known piece of work

Answer 6

allusion

Question 7

clues about what is going to happen later in the story

Answer 7

foreshadowing

Question 8

comparison between 2 unlike objects not using like or as

Answer 8

metaphor

Question 9

comparison between 2 unlike objects using like or as

Answer 9

simile

Question 10

a character on stage addressing the audience, assumed inaudible to other characters

Answer 10

aside

Question 11

A speech a character makes while alone onstage

Answer 11

soliloquy

Question 12

elaborate and surprising comparison between two unlike things

Answer 12

conceit

Question 13

giving human characteristics to a nonhuman thing

Answer 13

personification

Question 14

when the audience knows something the characters don’t

Answer 14

dramatic irony

Question 15

statement that seems contradictory but may contain an underlying truth

Answer 15

paradox

Question 16

when a character directly speaks to something nonhuman

Answer 16

apostrophe

Question 17

play on words, twist on meaning of words

Answer 17

pun