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| repetition of initial consonant sounds |
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| reference to something in another work of literature, mythology, or history |
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| character or force n conflict with a main character (protagonist) |
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| repetition of vowel sounds followed by difference consonants, i.e. weak and weary |
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| character's brief remarks to the audience |
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| unrhymed iambic pentameter. Normally, a line of such verse will consist of ten syllables with every other syllable stressed |
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| the end of a tragedy, the necessary consequences of the hero's previous actions which must be the hero's death. The ________________ will characteristically be simple and brief. |
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| feeling of relief rather than sadness at the end of a story |
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| ork of literature that has a happy ending |
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| techniqe that is used to interrupt a sweious part of a literary work by introducing a humorous character or situation |
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| the set of ideas associated with a word in addition to its literal meaning |
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| repetition in two or more words of final consonants in stressed syllables, i.e, ad and read |
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| dictionary meaning of a word, independent of other associations that the word may have |
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| form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group |
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| characters contrast with each other to highlight character traits |
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| poetry that involves the techniques of drama |
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| hints and preparations for later events |
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| a type of meter of a poem, In this case, 5 metrical feet, each foot having an unstressed,stressed pattern |
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| words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses that help create a picture in the reader's mind |
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| general name given to literary techniques that involve differences between appearance and reality, expectation and result, or meaning and intention |
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| contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience knows to be true |
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| words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant |
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| an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations or the characters, the reader, or the audience |
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| highly musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker |
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| form of wordplay where words are used or pronounced incorrectly. Usually these misspoken words are an indication of a lower-class character trying to sound educate, when, in fact, they only demonstrate ignorance and stupidity |
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| comparison made without using the terms like or as |
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| lenghthy speech addressed to another character |
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| a poem that tells a story |
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| use of words that imitate sounds: buzz, moo |
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| opposites are joined and make a statement which seems on its face to be self-contradictor or absurd, yet turns out to make good sense i.e. "loving hate" |
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| humorous piece of writing that mocks the characteristics of another work |
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| figure of speech in which a quality, idea, or any nonhuman being is represented as having human traits |
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| main character in a literary work |
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| a play of words based on different menaings of words that sound alike; word play that creates jokes based on words conveying multiple meanings |
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| regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem |
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| accented and unaccented syllables in poetry |
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| further subdivision of an act |
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| comparison made using the terms like or as |
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| speech to the audience given by a character alone on stage. The purpose is to let the audience know what the character is thinking |
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| 14-line lyric poem (usually in iambic pentameter) composed on 3 quatrains and once couplet. The rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG |
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| a group of lines in a poem, considered as a unit |
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| notes included in drama to describe how the work is to be performed or staged |
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| central idea or insight about life revealed in a work of literature |
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| feelings and emotions that accompany the words |
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| central idea or insight about life revealed in a work of literature |
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| play in which events turn out disastrously and results in a catastrophe for the main character. The purpose of a tragedy is not only to arouse fear and nobility of the human spirit |
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| the appearance of reality in a work of fiction |
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