Shakespeare conventions

Question 1

Litotes

Answer 1

understatement

Question 2

Synecdoche

Answer 2

part representing a whole

Question 3

hyperbole

Answer 3

exaggeration

Question 4

Simile

Answer 4

something that compares one thing to another

Question 5

metaphor/extended metaphor

Answer 5

applying one thing to another where it’s not literally applicable

Question 6

Personification

Answer 6

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human

Question 7

Paradox

Answer 7

seeming contradiction the child is father to the man

Question 8

Antithesis

Answer 8

opposite yoked together

Question 9

anaphora

Answer 9

successive lines start with the same word or phrase, providing; an effect of driving rhythm, increasing urgency, and intensification of emotion

Question 10

Imagery

Answer 10

descriptive language used to depict an image such as visual, olfactory etc

Question 11

oxymoron

Answer 11

very unlikely combination

Question 12

Chiasmus

Answer 12

two or more clauses are balanced by reversing the structure; the effect is to reverse or extend the meaning E Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you’

Question 13

Syllepsis

Answer 13

one verb applied to two nouns or phrases usually unconnected, providing unexpected emphasis