Pre-AP English II: Othello Act 1 Test Preview

I will provide you with excerpts from the play. You will be tested on the following literary devices:

• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Anaphora
• Apostrophe
• Diction
• Foreshadowing
• Flashback
• Hyperbole
• Imagery
• Metaphor
• Metonymy
• Onomatopoeia
• Oxymoron
• Paradox
• Personification
• Simile

you will also need to know the three types of irony

• Verbal
• Dramatic
• Situational

In addition, you'll need to explain why Shakespeare used the device he used (how does the use of the device contribute to the overall success of the text).