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| a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting |
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| the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination: His career reached its climax when he was elected president. |
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| a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil |
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| the act of a person or thing that sets |
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| to fight or contend; do battle. |
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| A conversation between two characters |
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| a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint: from the point of view of a doctor. |
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| a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.” Compare mixed metaphor, simile |
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| a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.” Compare metaphor |
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| the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in apt alliteration's artful aid. |
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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: Oedipus, the classic tragic hero. |
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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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| the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream. |
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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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| the position or relation of parallels |
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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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| the act of expounding, setting forth, or explaining: the exposition of a point of view. |
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| the act or process of inferring. |
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| a word opposite in meaning to another. Fast is an antonym of slow. Compare synonym |
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| a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (or opposites), such as Thesaurus.com, is called a thesaurus. |
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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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