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| a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: |
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| the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination |
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| a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose |
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| the surroundings or environment of anything |
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| incompatibility or interference, as of one idea, desire, event, or activity with another |
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| conversation between two or more persons. |
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| angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion, or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation. |
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| Comparing two or more things without using “Like” or “as” |
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| Comparing two or more things using “Like” or “As” |
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| the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration) as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration) as in each to all. Compare consonance |
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| a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.” |
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| a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat: |
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| irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play. |
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| to prevent the success of; frustrate; balk: Loyal troops foiled his attempt to overthrow the government. |
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| an amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play, in order to provide temporary relief from tension, or to intensify the dramatic action. |
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| any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones |
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| A mental image is the representation in a person's mind of the physical world outside of that person. |
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| to happen at the same time as something else, or be similar or equal to something else: |
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| agreement in direction, tendency, or character; the state or condition of being parallel. |
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| a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest. |
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| the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved. |
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| writing or speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain; a detailed statement or explanation; explanatory treatise |
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| the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. |
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| the act or process of inferring |
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| a word opposite in meaning to another |
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| a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language |
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| the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent |
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