| Literary Devices: | Section: | Page: | Examples: |
| Symbolism | Act 1 Scene 2 Act 1 Scene 2 | 23 22 | -“I see my wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man’s wife, With a proper double chin.” -“I’d build a big, tall house with rooms by the dozen...” |
| Allusion | Act 1 Scene 2 Act 1 Scene 6 | 30 59 | -“As the good book says, “When a poor man eats a chicken, one of them is sick.” -“As the good book says, “Good news will stay and bad news will refuse to leave.” |
| Metaphor | Act 1 Scene 3 Act 1 Scene 5 | 33 52 | -“Your daughter has a quick and witty tongue.” -“You are a decent, honest person, even though you are a Jewish dog.” |
| Allegory | Act 1 Scene 2 Act 1 Scene 2 | 24 52 | -“Talking about news, terrible news in the outside world-terrible.” -“Oh, Tevye, I have a piece of news that I think I should tell you, as a friend.” |
| Simile | Act 1 Scene 2 Act 1 Scene 2 | 23 22 | -“... looking like a rich man’s wife, with a proper double chin.’’ -“Will land like a trumpet on the ear.” |
| Personification | Act 1 Scene 2 Act 1 Scene 4 | 23 43 | -“I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock, Oi!” -“Two? What would I do with two?” “The same as you would do with one” |
| Imagery | Act 1 Scene 1 Act 1 Scene 1 | 19 18 | -“He’s handsome, he’s tall- that is from side to side.” -“He’s handsome, he’s young! All right, he’s sixty-two.” |
| Foreshadowing | Act 1 Scene 5 Act 1 Scene 1 | 53 25 | -“We have received orders that sometime soon this district is to have a little unofficial demonstration.” -“In a village called Rajanka, all the Jews were evicted, forced to leave their homes.” |
