#8 Act 2 Definitions: Language Techniques
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personification Giving non-human things human characteristics
metaphor
A direct comparison of two unlike things
simile
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
a reference to something which is presumable
allusion
commonly known (ex. Myth)
oxymoron
Contradiction of terms
pun
Play on words
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from Romeo and Juliet on this page
Ex. Metaphor = “My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand…” (1.5.93)