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| poets who use imagery to write |
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| the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss) |
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| repetition of same sounds in beginning of words |
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| repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyme |
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| describe something by something else |
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| describe something by comparison |
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| something that stands for or represents something or an idea |
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| a symbol that represents a personal something |
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| a symbol of something or someone widely accepted |
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| someone who speaks, the main attraction |
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| correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, esp. when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry. |
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| pattern of rhymes between lines |
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| rhyme at the end of a sentence |
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| Rhyme between a word within a line and another word either at the end of the same line or within another line |
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| A half-rhyme or slant-rhyme, sometimes called near-rhyme or lazy rhyme, are rhymes created out of words with similar but not identical sounds. |
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| describes particular rhyme |
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| the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. |
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| (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play |
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| irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected. |
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| the setting in which something takes place. The mood, weather, scenery |
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they should get the No-Bell prize today.
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. |
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| oxymoron: 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 moral can be a theme but a theme cannot always be a moral. A theme is a general idea (e.g. love, courage) A moral teaches you something (e.g. slow and steady wins the race). |
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| an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. |
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| reference to a particular event or character in classical works of literature. |
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| an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, esp. by a character in a play. |
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| to hint that something may happen in the future |
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| dialogue in which two characters speak alternate lines of verse, used as a stylistic device in ancient Greek drama. |
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