| Heaven is here, Where Juliet lives | metaphor |
| (Romeo says) She speaks. Oh, speak again, bright angel. | apostrophe |
| (Juliet says) ) Oh, Romeo, Romeo, why do you have to be Romeo? Forget about your father and change your name. | apostrophe |
| Love is blind | personification |
| My sadness sits heavy in my chest | personification |
| One of those dogs from the Montague house, can make me angry ( talking about servants and household members) | metaphor |
| The woman who you think is as beautiful as a swan is going to look as ugly as a crow to you. | simile |
| What else is love?……It’s a sweet lozenge that you choke on | metaphor |
| You’ll be delighted by young women as fresh as spring flowers | simile |
| She outshines the other women like a white dove in the middle of a flock of crows. | simile |
| (touching the blade of his sword) This is my fiddlestick. I’ll use it to make you dance. | metaphor |
| Oh, he’s like a snake disguised as a flower | simile |
| Flies are healthier and more honorable and better suited for romance than Romeo. | personification |
| Romeo’s a dishcloth compared to him. | metaphor |
| Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here’s a drink. I drink to you. | apostrophe |
| She’s dead, like a beautiful flower, killed by an unseasonable frost. | simile |
| Death has stolen it from me! | personification |
| The sun is too sad to show itself. | personification |
Romeo and Juliet: identify this type of figurative language.
July 20, 2019