The document defines and provides examples of literary devices including imagery, metaphor, simile, aside, soliloquy, monologue, and denoument. Imagery uses language that appeals to the senses, metaphor compares two opposing things without "like" or "as", and simile uses "like" or "as" to compare two things. Examples of aside, soliloquy and monologue are given from Shakespeare's plays with act and line numbers. Foreshadowing is defined as clues to future events.
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Warm ups november
1. Warm-up, Monday 11/18
Imagery The language which stirs up the 5
senses:
seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching The use
of metaphors and similes enhances imagery.
Metaphor Comparing 2 opposing things without
using like or as. Ex: I fell through a trapdoor of
depression
Simile Comparing 2 opposing things while using
like or as. Ex: I was so depressed, it was as if I
was falling into a trapdoor that led to darkness.
2. 1.2.39-40 Except they meant to bath
in reeking wounds, or memorise
another Golgotha.
1.2.35 Yes, as sparrows the eagles or
hare the lion.
1.2.9 Merciless Macdonwald (worthy
to be a rebelthe villanies of nature
do swarm upon him)