Literary Devices Review, Midsummer

Unrhymed iambic pentameter, meaning there are 5 alternating unstressed and stressed beats.

• Blank verse

• Soliloquy

• Metaphor

• Monologue

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.

• blank verse

• foreshadowing

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

an event occurs that contradicts the expectations of the characters and/or audience.

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• ironic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

the audience knows something that the characters do not.

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• ironic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant.

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• ironic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

a long speech spoken by one character alone on stage in which the character’s internal thoughts are shared.

• aside

• monologue

• allusion

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

when a character speaks to another character, the audience, or themselves, and the other characters on stage can’t hear them.

• aside

• monologue

• allusion

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a long speech spoken by one character in front of other characters.

• aside

• monologue

• allusion

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a reference to another well-known work, such as the Bible or Greek mythology.

• pun

• allusion

• hyperbole

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a play on words involving a word with 2 or more different meanings or 2 words that sound alike and have different meetings.

• allusion

• aside

• pun

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A