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Literary Terms-

Literary Terms-. A Midsummer Night’s Dream By William Shakespeare. Figurative Language. Describes something by comparing it to something else . Comparison is not literal- it uses the imagination Uses images in the comparison

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  1. Literary Terms- A Midsummer Night’s Dream By William Shakespeare

  2. Figurative Language • Describes something by comparing it to something else. • Comparison is not literal- it uses the imagination • Uses images in the comparison • The two things are different enough as to make the comparison interesting, unique or surprising

  3. 3 main types • Metaphor • Similie • Personification

  4. Metaphor • Direct comparison NOT using “like” or “as” • Says one thing IS another i.e. “But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd, Than that which withering on the virgin thorn Grows, lives and dies in single blessedness” ( Act I, sc. I, l. 76)

  5. Simile • Indirect comparison using “like” or “as” to compare dissimilar things i.e. “To you your father should be as a god; One that composed your beauties, yea, and one To whom you are butasa form in wax By him imprinted and within his power To leave the figure or disfigure it.” (Act I, scene I, l. 51-55)

  6. personification • Gives human qualities to an inanimate object • Focuses on: emotions, gestures, desires, sensations and speeches i.e. “The moon methinks looks with a watery eye; And when sheweeps, weeps every little flower, Lamenting some enforced chastity” (Act III, sc. i, l. )

  7. HYPERBOLE • a literary device where the author uses specific words and phrases that exaggerate and overemphasize the action, reaction or event in order to produce a grander, more noticeable effect.

  8. ONOMATOPOEIA: • refers to sound words whose pronunciation is close to the actual sound they represent(i.e. huff, hiss, plop, etc.)

  9. symbol • a symbol is a word or object that stands for another word or object. The object or word can be seen with the eye whereas the concept it represents is not visible. (For example, peace cannot be seen, so a dove represents this ideal)

  10. ALLITERATION • is the repetition of letter sounds in quick succession and begin with letters belonging to the same sound group. Alliterations are used to add character to the writing and often add an element of ‘fun’ to the piece.

  11. IMAGERY • The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas. The descriptions provided through imagery are meant to create an image in the mind of the reader.

  12. OXYMORON • Oxymoron is a significant literary device as it allows the author to use contradictory, contrasting concepts placed together in a manner that actually ends up making sense in a strange, and slightly complex manner.

  13. POETRY TERMS

  14. Soliloquy • Definition:A speech given by a character alone on stage • The character talks to themselves and not to any other character For the purpose of: • showing true thoughts and emotions • give insights into the plot (esp. plans the character is making) • In other words, inform the audience about things they would never know otherwise

  15. Significant Soliloquys In A Midsummer Night’s Dream

  16. HeleNa O, I am out of breath in this fond chase! The more my prayer, the lesser is my grace. Happy is Hermia, wheresoe'er she lies; For she hath blessed and attractive eyes. 750 How came her eyes so bright? Not with salt tears: If so, my eyes are oftener wash'd than hers. No, no, I am as ugly as a bear; For beasts that meet me run away for fear: Therefore no marvel though Demetrius 755 Do, as a monster fly my presence thus. What wicked and dissembling glass of mine Made me compare with Hermia'sspheryeyne? But who is here? Lysander! on the ground! Dead? or asleep? I see no blood, no wound. 760 Lysander if you live, good sir, awake.

  17. OBERON What thou seest when thou dost wake, Do it for thy true-love take, 680 Love and languish for his sake: Be it ounce, or cat, or bear, Pard, or boar with bristled hair, In thy eye that shall appear When thou wakest, it is thy dear: Wake when some vile thing is near.

  18. PUCK If we shadows have offended, 2275 Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, 2280 Gentles, do not reprehend: if you pardon, we will mend: And, as I am an honest Puck, If we have unearned luck Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue, 2285 We will make amends ere long; Else the Puck a liar call; So, good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be friends, And Robin shall restore amends

  19. Dramatic Irony • A device in which a character has an event happen to them or has an unexpected reversal of fortune that the character did NOT expect to have happen, but that the audience/ readers have anticipated because their knowledge of events or individuals is more complete than the character’s.

  20. aside • Words spoken by an actor directly to the audience, but not "heard" by the other characters on stage during a play.

  21. IAMBIC PENTAMETER • A line of verse that contains 5 iambs (an iamb is one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed)

  22. COMEDY • a play that has a happy ending, usually ending in a marriage. The tone and style end on a happy note

  23. Motif • A recurring element and pattern of imagery which support the play’s themes. • i.e. Nature (references to bears and dogs is repeated) to support the theme of love

  24. Anaphora • The repetition of words that is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines.

  25. Activity: • Brainstorm as many themes (universal experiences) that can be found in the play as possible:

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