The Yellow Wallpaper Literary Devices

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Symbol: an object, person, or place with its own meaning that also represents something larger, usually an idea or concept.

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an object, person, or place that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, usually an idea or concept; some concrete thing which represents an abstraction.

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Tone: the atmosphere or author's attitude in a literary work.

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the atmosphere in a literary work or the attitude the author puts in a literary work

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Verisimilitude

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Use of realistic elements to make literature appear truthful.

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Irony: A perception of inconsistency, sometimes humorous, where the significance of a statement or event changes with context.

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A perception of inconsistency, sometimes humorous, where the significance of a statement or event changes with context.

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Allusion

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A reference to a person, place, poem, book, event, etc., not part of the story, that the author expects the reader to recognize.

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A figure of speech where an object or idea is given human traits.

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Personification

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Dramatic Irony

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The audience knows more about a character’s situation than the character does.

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Situational Irony

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An event in a story that does not happen as the audience predicts.