Which literary/dramatic element is used in this excerpt from Act II Romeo & Juliet? Use the word bank below. There is only one answer.


Juliet:

The clock struck nine when I did send the nurse

Inhalf an hour she promised to return.

Perchance she cannot meet him. That’s not so.

(II.5:1-3)


Wordbank:

  1. Aside
  2. Pun
  3. Verbal Irony
  4. Metaphor
  5. Motive