A Midsummer Night's Dream: Literary Devices Flashcards
Situational Irony
This is when something occurs that was not what the audience was expecting.
Dramatic Irony
When the characters do not know something that the audience knows.
Verbal Irony
When someone says something, but means something else.
Language/Dialogue
The act of speaking between the characters.
Characters
The subjects of a story that interact with each other and their environments throughout the story.
Situation/Plot
The part in a storyline where events are the most intense and important.
Diction
The words that the author chose to use over other words.
Denotation
What a word means without regards to what it may be hinting at.
Connotation
Something that may get someone to feel or have an idea based on how people perceive it.
Imagery
A type of description that includes sensory feelings. That being the senses of taste, touch, smell, sight, or hearing.
Details
The content that is shown by the author and what they chose to include, contributing to their language in their literature.
Literary Devices
Figurative language that is used to strengthen a mood, tone, or situation.
Juxtaposition
Two unlike things that are put together.
Parody
A comedic exaggeration while imitating something (usually a literary/art work.)
Hyperbole
An exaggeration that doesn’t exactly mean the direct meaning.
