Figurative Language in Shakespeare’s ROMEO AND JULIET
TERM
dramatic irony DEFINITION OF TERM EXAMPLE AND PAGE #
when the audience knows something that a character does not know
At the beginning of Act Two, Benvolio and
Mercutio do not realize that Romeo now loves
Juliet.
personification giving human qualities to inanimate objects "Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon."
Romeo p. 82
hyperbole an exaggeration
"Tis twenty years till then." Juliet p. 94
soliloquy a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener Act II, scene 3 starts with Friar lawrence
alone talking about herbs and plants.
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