Romeo + Juliet Assesment

Literary Devices

Metaphors, similies, personification, imagery, hyperbole

Oxymorons

A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Juxtaposition

Literary device that implies comparison or contrast

Semantic fields

Group of words that share related meanings or concepts, often used to express different aspects of a theme or topic

Living Language

Currently being spoken and used by people in everyday communication

“The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars, As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven would through the airy region stream so bright that birds would sing if it were not night.”

Semantic Field

Juliet is the sun

Metaphor

“She speaks yet she says nothing”

Oxymoron