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Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words place near each other. |
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Repeated vowel sounds in words placed near each other. |
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Speaking directly to a real / imaginary listener or inanimate object. |
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A remark by a character in a play intended to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters. |
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Reference to a person, place, or even in another work of literature, history, art, or music.
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Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. |
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Repeated consonant sounds in words placed near each other. |
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A strong pause within a line of verse. |
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The use of a comic scene to interrupt a succession of intensely tragic dramatic moments. |
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When the audience knows something the character does not. |
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A run-on line where logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line to the next. |
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The use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest what action is to come. |
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A character who sets off another character by contrast. |
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A figure of speech involving exaggeration. |
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Language that appears to the senses. |
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Comparison between unlike things. |
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A person / place / thing is referred to by something closely associated with it. |
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A long speech by a character in a play. |
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The use of words to imitate the sound they describe. |
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Giving inanimate objects, animals, or abstract ideas human characteristics. |
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A four-lined stanza in a poem. |
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A 14-lined poem usually in an iambic pentameter with a prescribed rhyme scheme. |
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An attempt to fuse different senses by describing one kind of sense impression in words normally used to describe another. |
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Comparison between unlike things using like or as. |
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A speech in which a character alone on a stage expresses his / her thoughts. |
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Contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens; realized in retrospect. |
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When the person asking a question already knows the answers but feigns ignorance. |
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The implied attitude of a writer towards the subject / characters of work. |
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Contrast between what is stated and what is meant; sarcasm is a type of verbal irony. |
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The main character of work |
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The protagonist of a story |
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The weakness of the tragic hero or an error that leads to his / her disaster. |
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The most common verse in English poetry. It consists of 5 verse feet, with each foot an iamb - that is, an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. |
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A line of poetry composition. |
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Humorous use of a word / phrase to suggest two meanings at the same time. |
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A figure of speech that combines opposite or contrary words. |
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Type of drama in which the characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the better. |
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Type of drama in which the characters experience reversals of fortune usually for the worse. A play about downfall of dignified character. |
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The kind of writing that intends to present information. |
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The point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in a narrative. |
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The outcome of the conflict in a play or story. |
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