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R&J Act 2
Questions about Romeo and Juliet Act 2, including figurative language and trivia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a simile? | A simile is a comparison using "like" or "as" |
| What is a metaphor? | A metaphor is a comparison (without using like or as) that is not literal. |
| What is personification? | Personification is giving human traits to non-human things. |
| What is a hyperbole? | A hyperbole is an exaggeration to emphasize a point. |
| What were the themes of Act 1 and 2? | Act 1: Characters and Conflicts, Act 2: Forbidden Love |
| How does this line use simile? "The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars as daylight doth a lamp." | It uses simile by comparing the brightness of Juliet's cheek to the brightness of the sun. |
| What is the secret meaning behind this metaphor? "And Juliet is the sun." | The secret meaning is that Juliet is hot, as bright as the sun. |
| How does this line use personification? "Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon," | It uses personification by describing the way the sun should kill the moon, and describes the moon as being jealous. |
| Why is Romeo constantly exaggerating in Act 1? | Romeo is constantly exaggerating his sadness that Romeo does not love him. |
| In what scene (number) does Romeo profess his love to Juliet under the balcony? | In Act 2, Scene 2. |
| How does this line use simile? "Had she affections and warm youthful blood, / She would be as swift in motion as a ball." | It uses simile by comparing the Nurse's potential speed to the speed of a ball. |
| What is the secret meaning behind this metaphor? "You are a lover. Borrow Cupid's wings / And soar with them" | The secret meaning is that the character should fall in love.in love. |
| How does this line use personification? "What's sad is that love is supposed to be blind, but it can still make you do whatever it wants." | It uses personification by using human traits to explain love, like describing love as blind and making people do things. |
| How does this line use hyperbole? "Did my heart ever love anyone before this moment? My eyes were liars, then." | This line uses hyperbole by exaggerating the way that Romeo now feels about Juliet, especially compared to how he used to feel about Rosaline. |
| Who is Ms. Starnes' favorite character in Romeo and Juliet? | Mercutio. |
| How does this line use simile? "Dreams, Which is as thin of substance as the air" | This line uses simile by comparing dreams to something without substance or filling, like air. |
| What is the secret meaning behind this metaphor? "Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs." | The secret meaning is that love is as full of substance as smoke - meaning, it has no substance, and is just sighs, not real feeling. |
| How does this line use personification? "Love looks like a nice thing, but it's actually very rough when you experience it." | It uses personification by describing love with human traits, like nice, rough, and having good looks. |
| How does this line use hyperbole? "and from nine till twelve / Is three long hours, yet she is not come." | This line uses exaggerating the length of 3 hours (which is not that long), to emphasize that Juliet is impatient. |
| What did Tybalt send to Romeo's family home and why? | Tybalt sent a letter to Romeo's home to challenge him, because he showed up to the Capulet party. |
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