Richard II

William Shakespeare

Richard II Literary Devices

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Allusions 5 key examples

Foreshadowing 3 key examples

Genre 1 key example

Hyperbole 4 key examples

Imagery 1 key example

Irony 3 key examples

Metaphors 8 key examples

Mood 1 key example

Motifs 1 key example

Paradox 4 key examples

Pathos 2 key examples

Personification 3 key examples

Setting 1 key example

Similes 4 key examples

Situational Irony 1 key example

Soliloquy 2 key examples

Style 1 key example

Tone 1 key example

Verbal Irony 1 key example

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