📚 Part 1: Understanding Literary Devices

1. Match each literary device with its correct definition:

1. Foreshadowing

2. Dramatic Irony

3. Metaphor

A. When the audience knows something the characters don't

B. Hints or clues about what will happen later in the story

C. A direct comparison between two unlike things

2. Which of these is an example of foreshadowing from Romeo and Juliet?

"A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life"

"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?"

"O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?"

"Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow"

🎭 Part 2: Identifying Dramatic Irony

3. In Romeo and Juliet, which situations create dramatic irony? (Check all that apply)

The audience knows Juliet is not really dead, but Romeo thinks she is

The audience knows Romeo and Juliet are from feuding families

The audience knows Friar Lawrence's plan before it unfolds

The audience knows Tybalt's personality before Romeo meets him

4. Explain why dramatic irony makes the audience feel tension or sadness:

🔍 Part 3: Close Reading Analysis

5. Read this quote from Juliet: "My grave is like to be my wedding bed." What literary device is Shakespeare using here?

6. Fill in the blanks about foreshadowing:

Foreshadowing is when an author gives __________ or __________ about what will happen later in the story. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses foreshadowing to prepare the audience for the __________ ending. This makes the audience feel __________ because they know something bad will happen to the main characters.

7. Analyse how the Prologue of Romeo and Juliet uses foreshadowing: