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Read the following excerpt and answer the question that follows: JULIET The clock struck nine when I did send the nurse; In half an hour she promised to return. Perchance she cannot meet him: that's not so. O, she is lame! love's heralds should be thoughts, Which ten times faster glide than the sun's beams, Driving back shadows over louring hills: Therefore do nimble-pinion'd doves draw love, And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings. Now is the sun upon the highmost hill Of this day's journey, and from nine till twelve Is three long hours, yet she is not come. Had she affections and warm youthful blood, She would be as swift in motion as a ball; My words would bandy her to my sweet love, And his to me: But old folks, many feign as they were dead; Unwieldy, slow, heavy and pale as lead. What is the significance of the diction in this speech? 1. Juliet uses words like "wings" and "warm" to show how much she loves and appreciates her Nurse. 2. Juliet uses words like "dead" and "heavy" to show how annoyed she is at her Nurse's slow return. 3. Juliet uses words that express fear to illustrate her second thoughts about getting married so soon. 4. Juliet uses words that express delight to show that she knows what the news will be from her Nurse.

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she uses words like dead and heavy

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2. Juliet uses words like "dead" and "heavy" to show how annoyed she is at her Nurse's slow return

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