Literary devices pt1 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Fair is foul, and foul is fair
paradox
Fair is foul, and foul is fair, / Hover through the fog and filthy air.
Rhyming couplet & paradox
Doubtful it stood, / As two spent swimmers that do cling together / And choke their art.
simile
Yes, as sparrows, eagles, or the hare, the lion.
simile
Till that Bellona’s bridegroom, lapp’d in proof
This allusion describes Macbeth as the husband of the Roman goddess of war.
So foul and fair a day I have not seen
paradox
If you can look into the seeds of time / And say which grain will grow and which will not.
Metaphor
esser than Macbeth, and greater. / Not so happy, yet much happier.
Paradox
The earth hath bubbles, as the water has… / Melted, as breath into the wind
Simile
Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?
metaphor
Two truths are told / As happy prologues to the swelling act
simile
This supernatural soliciting / Cannot be good, cannot be ill
paradox
New honours come upon him / Like our strange garments
simile
The Prince of Cumberland: that is a step / On which I must fall down, or else o’erleap
metaphor
Stars, hide your fires, / Let not light see my black and deep desires.
apostrophe –addressing a non-human or absent thing as if it were alive and listening.
Come, thick night, / And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell
apostrophe
Your face, my thane, is a book where men / May read strange matters
metaphor
This castle hath a pleasant seat
dramatic irony
I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent, but only / Vaulting ambition
metaphor
But screw your courage to the sticking place / And we’ll not fail.
metaphor
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- Apostrophe – Addressing something non-human or absent as if it can respond.
- Personification – Giving human traits to non-human things.
- Metaphor – A direct comparison (no “like” or “as”).
- Simile – A comparison using “like” or “as.”
- Paradox – A statement that seems contradictory but reveals a deeper truth.
- Irony – When the opposite of what’s expected happens or is said.
- Imagery – Vivid descriptive language that appeals to the senses.
- Symbolism – Using symbols (like darkness) to represent ideas (like evil).
