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Figurative Langue Test Review
1. Know the definitions of:
a. Allusion
b. Hyperbole
c. Metaphor
d. Oxymoron
e. Personification
f. Simile
2. Understand the following quotes and be able to identify the types of figurative in each quote. Some or all will be
used on the test to some capacity.
a. “O heavy lightness, serious vanity, misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms, feather of lead, bright
smoke, cold fire, sick health, still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!” (Romeo, Act 1 scene 1 lines 169172)
b. “Well in that hit you miss. She’ll not be hit with Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit, and, in strong
proof of chastity well-armed, from Love’s weak childish bow she lives uncharmed.” (Romeo, Act 1
scene 1 lines 199-203)
c. “I have a soul of lead so stakes me to the ground I cannot move.” (Romeo, Act 1 scene 4 lines 15-16)
d. “It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!” (Romeo, Act 2 scene 2 line 4)
e. “O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art as glorious to this night, being o’er my head, as is a winged
messenger from heaven…” (Romeo, Act 2 scene 2 lines 26-28)
f. “The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night…” (Friar Lawrence, Act 2 scene 3 line 1)
g. “These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they
kiss, consume.” (Friar Lawrence, Act 2 scene 6 lines 9-11)
h. “Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds, towards Phoebus’ lodging!” (Juliet, Act 3 scene 2 lines 1-2)
i.
“And she brings news; and every tongue that speaks but Romeo’s name speaks heavenly eloquence.”
(Juliet, Act 3 scene 2 lines 33-34)
j.
“Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical! Dove-feathered raven! Wolvish-ravening lamb! Despised substance
of divinest show! Just opposite to what thou justly seem’st-“ (Juliet, Act 3 scene 2 lines 75-79)
k. “Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit; for ‘tis a throne where honor may be crowned sole monarch
of the universal earth.” (Juliet, Act 3 scene 2 lines 93-95)
l.
“ Thy noble shape is but a form of wax, digressing from the valor of a man” (Friar Lawrence, Act 3
scene 3 lines 127-128)
3. Know how to use the 6 types of figurative language in your own words.
*Need help understand what is being said? Check out the class website Helpful Sources section for Shakespeare
helps.