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Repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.
ex: The friendly fox found a flatulent frog. |
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| A brief reference to a person, event or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art. |
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| The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs. |
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Inversion of the normal syntactic order of words.
ex. to the market went she |
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| The main character's rival or a character that opposes the protagonist. |
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| Turning point or high point in a plot's action. |
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a character whose qualities or actions serve to emphasize those of the *protagonist (or of some other
character) by providing a strong contrast with them.
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When two contrasts are presented close together.
ex. "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." - Neil Armstrong |
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Foreshadowing is a sort of hint of things to come -- usually a very unpleasant event.
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