Literary Devices in Macbeth Study Guide PDF
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This document provides a study guide on literary devices used in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. It defines terms like allusions, dramatic irony, ethos, foil, foreshadowing, hyperbole, imagery, logos, metaphor, mood, motif, paradox, pathos, personification, setting, situational irony, soliloquy, and style. The definitions are concise and clearly explained.
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Literary Devices in Macbeth Study Guide ⩥ Allusions ⊳ an unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text ⩥ Dramatic Irony ⊳ refers to a writer or character saying one something but meaning the opposite ⩥ Ethos ⊳ Appeals to cr...
Literary Devices in Macbeth Study Guide ⩥ Allusions ⊳ an unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text ⩥ Dramatic Irony ⊳ refers to a writer or character saying one something but meaning the opposite ⩥ Ethos ⊳ Appeals to credibility or authority ⩥ Foil ⊳ a person or thing that contrasts with and so emphasizes and enhances the qualities of another ⩥ Foreshadowing ⊳ When authors hint at plot developments that don't actually occur until later in the story ⩥ Hyperbole ⊳ is an exaggeration not meant to be taken literally ⩥ Imagery ⊳ to the use of figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader ⩥ Logos ⊳ Appeals to logic & reason ⩥ Metaphor ⊳ A Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics ⩥ Mood ⊳ refers to the emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story ⩥ Motif ⊳ an element or idea that recurs throughout a work of literature ⩥ Paradox ⊳ a statement that appears at first to be contradictory, but upon reflection then makes sense ⩥ Pathos ⊳ Appeals to emotions ⩥ Personification ⊳ figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human ⩥ Setting ⊳ allows the writer of a narrative to establish the time, location, and environment in which it takes place ⩥ Situational Irony ⊳ involves a set of circumstances that contrasts between what is expected and what actually occurs ⩥ Soliloquy ⊳ in the form of a speech or monologue spoken by a single character in a theatrical play or drama ⩥ Style ⊳ the way a writer writes ⩥ Tone ⊳ writer’s attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a literary work, which influences the intention and meaning of the written words.
