The Yellow Wallpaper Literary Devices

Symbol

• the use of realistic elements to make literature appear truthful or accurate.

• the atmosphere in a literary work or the attitude the author puts in a literary work.

• the central or dominant idea behind the story; the most important aspect that emerges from how the book treats its subject. Sometimes theme is easy to see, but, at other times, it may be more difficult.

• an object, person, or place that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, usually an idea or concept; some concrete thing which represents an abstraction.

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Tone

• a figure of speech in which an object, abstract idea, or animal is given human characteristics.

• the atmosphere in a literary work or the attitude the author puts in a literary work

• the use of realistic elements to make literature appear truthful or accurate.

•  a perception of inconsistency, sometimes humorous, in which the significance and understanding of a statement or event is changed by its context.

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Verisimilitude

• the atmosphere in a literary work or the attitude the author puts in a literary work.

• an object, person, or place that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, usually an idea or concept; some concrete thing which represents an abstraction.

• the central or dominant idea behind the story; the most important aspect that emerges from how the book treats its subject.

• the use of realistic elements to make literature appear truthful or accurate.

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Irony

•  a perception of inconsistency, sometimes humorous, in which the significance and understanding of a statement or event is changed by its context.

• a figure of speech in which an object, abstract idea, or animal is given human characteristics.

• a reference to a person, place, poem, book, event, etc., which is not part of the story, that the author expects the reader will recognize.

• the person or force that is in conflict with, or opposes, the protagonist.

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Allusion

•  an object, person, or place that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, usually an idea or concept; some concrete thing which represents an abstraction.

• the struggle that moves the action forward in a work of literature.

•  a reference to a person, place, poem, book, event, etc., which is not part of the story, that the author expects the reader will recognize.

• the person or force that is in conflict with, or opposes, the protagonist.

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a figure of speech in which an object, abstract idea, or animal is given human characteristics

• Personification

• Symbol

• Theme

• Verisimilitude

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Dramatic Irony

• the use of hints or clues in a story to suggest what action is to come.

•  a discrepancy between what is said and what is really meant; sarcasm.

• an event in a story that does not happen the way the audience or reader predicts.

• the audience or reader knows more about a character’s situation than the character does and knows that the character’s understanding is incorrect.

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Situational Irony

• the atmosphere in a literary work or the attitude the author puts in a literary work.

• the audience or reader knows more about a character’s situation than the character does and knows that the character’s understanding is incorrect.

• an event in a story that does not happen the way the audience or reader predicts.

• a discrepancy between what is said and what is really meant; sarcasm.

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