what is suggested by a word, what it explicitly describes- implied meaning of the word

ie. awesome, sweet, gay

repetition of a sequence of two or more consonants but with a change in the intervening vowels

ie. pitter-patter, pish posh

two rhyming lines of iambic pentameter that present a single idea or connection

ie. "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see/So long lives this and this gives life to thee"

metrical pattern in poetry- each foot consists of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones

ie. can a da, hol i day, cel e brate

direct, specific meaning- dictionary meaning of a word

ie. a small domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica  or F. catus, bred in a number of varieties.

dialect

language and speech idiosyncrasies of a specific area, region, or group of people

ie. Minnesotans say "you betcha"

southerners say "you all"

specific word choice author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose or effect

ie. "i hadn't so much forgot as i couldn't bring myself to remember" opposed to "i chose not to remember"

a monologue set in a specific situation and spoken to an imaginary audience

ie. Hamlet Act 3, scene 1- "to be or not to be"

a poetic lament upon the death of a particular person, usually ending in consolation

ie. Thomas Gray's "Elegy written in a country churchyard"

continuation of a sentence from one line or couplet of a poem to the next

ie. "The Sick Rose"

poem that celebrates in continuous narrative the achievements of mighty heroes and heroines often concerned with the founding of a nation or developing of a culture- elevated language and grand high style

ie. The Illiad

part of structure that sets the scene, introduces and identifies characters, and establishes the situation at the beginning of a story or play

ie. beginning of 1984

detailed and complex metaphor that extends over long section of a work 

ie. :O

part of plot structure in which the complications of the rising action are untangled (denouement)

play or scene in a play or book that is characterized by broad humor, wild antics, and often slapstick and physical humor

ie. monty python and the holy grail

to hint at or present an indication of the future beforehand

ie. rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead- they are in a play where their characters die

language that is lofty, dignified, and impersonal. used in narrative epic poetry

ie. the odyssey 

retrospection, where an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronology of the narrative

ie. willy wonka and the chocolate factory- willy wonka has flashbacks of his candy-less childhood

poetry that is characterized by varying line lengths, lack of traditional meter, and nonrhyming lines 

ie. walk whitman's Leaves of Grass