what are the literary devices used in shakespeare writing..!..pls help me out for my englih project

Alliteration – repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers”

Allusion – a reference to something well-known that exists outside the literary work

Antagonist- character that is the source of conflict in a literary work

Aside – a dramatic device in which a character makes a short speech intended for the audience but not heard by the other characters on stage

Assonance – repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds: “Anna’s apples,” “the pond is long gone”

Characterization- The manner in which an author develops characters and their personalities

Conflict - struggle between two or more opposing forces (person vs. person; nature; society; self; fate/God) 

Dialogue - direct speech between characters in a literary work

Diction - word choice to create a specific effect

Figurative Language –language that represents one thing in terms of something dissimilar (non-literal language). Includes simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, symbol)

Flashback- the method of returning to an earlier point in time for the purpose of making the present clearer

Foreshadowing- hint of what is to come in a literary work

Genre – type or category to which a literary work belongs

Hyperbole – extreme exaggeration to add meaning

Imagery – language that appeals to the five senses

Irony - Dramatic… when the reader or audience knows something a character does not

 Situational… when there is a disparity between what is expected and what actually occurs

 Verbal… when the speaker says one thing but means the opposite

Metaphor – an implied comparison between dissimilar objects: “Her talents blossomed” 

Motif- a recurring feature of a literary work that is related to the theme

Onomatopoeia – use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning: “hiss”

Oxymoron – phrase that consists of two words that are contradictory: “living dead” or “Microsoft works”

Personification – figure of speech in which non-human things are given human characteristics

Plot- The sequence of events in a literary work

Point of view- the vantage point or perspective from which a literary work is told…

1^st person point of view- the narrator is a character in the story (use of ‘I’)

3^rd person point of view- the narrator is outside of the story (use of ‘he’ ‘she’ ‘they’)

Protagonist- the main character in a literary work

Rhyme – repetition of similar or identical sounds: “look and crook”

Rhyme Scheme – pattern of rhyme among lines of poetry [denoted using letters, as in ABAB CDCD EE]

Setting- The time and place of a literary work

Simile – a direct comparison of dissimilar objects, usually using like or as: “I wandered lonely as a cloud”

Soliloquy - a dramatic device in which a character is alone and speaks his or her thoughts aloud

Speaker – voice in a poem; the person or thing that is speaking

Stanza – group of lines forming a unit in a poem

Stereotype- standardized, conventional ideas about characters, plots and settings

Suspense – technique that keeps the reader guessing what will happen next 

Symbol/symbolism – one thing (object, person, place) used to represent something else

Theme – the underlying main idea of a literary work. Theme differs from the subject of a literary work in that it involves a statement or opinion about the subject.

Tone – the author’s attitude toward the subject of a work.