Pre-AP: Literary Devices in Othello

Find examples of each of the following literary devices in the text of Othello. Quote the entire sentence it appears in. Cite the speaker and reference for each (either the traditional II.i.37 or the contemporary 2.1.37).

For example, if the literary device was Tactile Imagery, you might select the following line:

Othello: No, my heart is turned to stone: I strike it and it hurts my hand. (IV.i,179-180)

If you do not cite the speaker and the act, scene, and line numbers, you will not receive credit for your work.

The List:

• Adage/Aphorism/Axiom
• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Apostrophe (NOT the punctuation; this is the direct addressing of a personified idea or a person not present)
• Flashback
• Foreshadowing
• Irony
• Metaphor
• Oxymoron/Paradox (pick one and use it properly)
• Personification
• Pun
• Simile

You may use the same quote more than once if the literary devices are present in different parts of the quote. For instance if a simile contains alliteration, you may use the quote for one or the other, but not both; on the other hand, if the simile appears at the beginning of the quote and alliteration elsewhere, you may use the full quote twice.

Googling or visiting Yahoo Answers (or other web source) will not lead to success. Do the work. There are plenty of examples of each literary device in the play. Find them.