Literary devices in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Give an example from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” of each literary device below. You can use the quotations below (more than once, if appropriate) or find other quotations from the play. Make sure you fill in the act/scene/line in the brackets after the quotation, e.g. I.i.234. “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; “To fit your fancies to your father's will’” (I.i.118) And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind” (I.i.234-5) “No, no, I am as ugly as a bear” (II.ii.100) Alliteration the same sound at the beginning of two or more words close to each other Example:........................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................(___.___.___) Allusion references to well-known figures, often from classical mythology Example:........................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................(___.___.___) Hyperbole Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally. Example:........................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................(___.___.___) Iambic pentameter A line of verse with five metrical feet, each unstressed-stressed (x /) Example:........................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................(___.___.___) Metaphor equating two things that are not usually connected (without using ‘like’ or ‘as’) Example:........................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................(___.___.___) Personification giving human characteristics to something that is not human. Example:........................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................(___.___.___) Simile comparing two things that are not usually connected, usually with the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ Example:........................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................(___.___.___)
