Figurative Language from Act V of Much Ado About Nothing
In the blank in the left margin, identify who is speaking. In the remaining blanks beneath
each quote, identify the figurative language and the type of figurative language. The first
quote is provided as an example.
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Thy slander hath gone through and through her heart,
And she lies buried with her ancestors. (V.i.68-69)
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Runs not this speech like iron through your blood?
(V.i.252)
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Come, bring away the plaintiffs.
By this time our sexton hath reformed
Signior Leonato of the matter. (V.i.261-263)
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Thou hast frightened the word out of
his right sense, so forcible is thy wit. (V.ii.55-56)
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She died, my lord, but whiles her slander lived. (V.iv.66)
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I have drunk poison, whiles he uttered it.
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_______________ Art thou the slave that with thy breath hath killed my child?
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I have deceived even your very eyes
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