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| descriptive words or phrases that recreates sensory (5) for the reader |
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| figure of speech in which the truth is enormously exaggerated for emphasis/humorous effect |
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| repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words |
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| unrhymed verse having a regular meter in iambic pentameter |
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| pair of successive lines of verse, a pair of lines that rhyme and are the same length |
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| type of irony where the reader knows something that a character doesn't know |
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| brief description phrase that points out traits associated with a particular person or thing |
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| a character who serves as an obvious contrast to another character to enhance their traits |
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| conversation, episode, or event that happened before the beginning of a story. often interrupts the flow of a story |
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| poetry that does not contain a regular pattern of rhyme and meter |
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| writer's use of hints or clues to indicate events and situations that will occur later in the plot |
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| meter in poetry consisting of 5 feet or accents, each foot containing an unstress and then a stressed syllable. |
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| an extended speech by one person not alone on stage |
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| a speech in which a character speaks thoughts aloud alone on stage |
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| a 14 line verse usually in a rhyme scheme |
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| the message a work of fiction gives about life or human nature |
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| characters that do not change throughout a story |
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| character that changes throughout a story |
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| a short poem with one speaker who expresses thought and feeling |
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| form of poetry that has clear parts of a poem |
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| character speaks his or her thoughts aloud to the audience but not the character onstage |
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| a couplet of two lines of iambic pentameter with the same end rhymes and forming a logical whole |
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