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Personification is giving _____ traits to something not human
What is human?
A direct comparison of two things, using "like" or "as"
"Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said this butter's bitter"
What is alliteration?
"The thought whereof / Doth, like a poisonous mineral, gnaw my inwards" - Iago, 2.1
What is simile?
Onomotopoeia
Bang, zip, buzz, etc.
Irony is when the _____ of what was expected occurs
What is opposite?
An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally
What is hyperbole?
What is personification?
"And she died singing it. That song tonight / Will not go from my mind." - Desdemona, 4.3
What is foreshadowing?
Alliteration
Peter Piper, selling seashells
Foreshadowing is a warning or indication of a _____ event
What is future?
When two things are placed close together for effect
What is juxtaposition?
"I can give you a million and one reasons not to do that"
What is hyperbole?
"Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners." - Iago, 1.1
What is metaphor?
Metaphor
My father is a mystery
Imagery is descriptive language that appeals to the _____
A word that comes from the associated sound
What is onomatopoeia?
Using a rose to stand for love and romance
What is symbolism?
"Oh, brave Iago, honest and just, / That hast such noble sense of thy friend's wrong!" - Othello, 5.1
What is irony?
Symbolism
Owls for wisdom, hearts for love, skull for death/danger
Point of view is the _____'s position in relation to a story being told
What is narrator?
A distinctive repeated feature or dominant idea
What is motif?
"It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness..."
What is juxtaposition?
"I know not where is that Promethean heat / That can thy light relume." - Othello, 5.2
What is allusion?
Motif
Kites and kite-fighting in The Kite Runner