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  • Identify: "Unfortunately, Frankie knew my weak spot" - "Night"
    Foreshadowing, Elie hints at Frankie using Elie's father as something to change his mind about his gold teeth
  • Identify: "Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon" (2.2.4).
    Personification
  • Define Foreshadowing
    breadcrumbs hinting at the future
  • Define Metaphor
    A comparison NOT using like or as
  • Define Pun
    a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word
  • "You'll find me a grave man" - Mercution
    Pun - grave meaning in a grave or serious
  • Define Symbolism
    the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
  • Identify: "O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear" (Act 1 Scene 5)
    Simile - When Romeo describes Juliet, he compares her to a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear.
  • ** BONUS ** (IF CORRECT, + 10 points) What is the rhyme scheme of Iambic Pentameter?
    ABABCDCDEFEFGG
  • How many beats is Iambic Pentameter?
    10
  • Identify: "How I sympathized with Job I did not deny the existence of God, but i doubted His Absolute Justice." - "Night"
    Allusion - God is referenced
  • Define Simile
    Comparison using like or as
  • Define Dramatic Irony
    When we know something the other characters do not
  • Define Personification
    Giving inanimate objects human-like qualities
  • Define Allusion
    an indirect or passing reference
  • Identify: "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun" (2.2.3).
    Metaphor
  • Identify: "Parting is such sweet sorrow"
    Oxymoron ("sweet/sour"
  • Identify: "If he be married my grave is like to be my wedding bed." (Act 1 Scene 5)
    Dramatic Irony: This statement is ironic because Juliet's grave is going to be her wedding bed, we already know she is going to die.
  • Define Hyperbole
    An exaggeration