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| the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
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| a figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and could reply |
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| a short speech directed to the audience, or another character, that is not heard by the other characters on stage. |
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| the repetition of vowel sounds within nonrhyming words. |
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| this character has traits that are just the opposite of the protagonist's |
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| the repetition of consonant sounds within and at the end of words |
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| one that runs through, or controls the entire poem; the effect of the image is closely connected to the theme or meaning |
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| a metrical pattern of five feet, or units, each of which is made up of two syllables, the first unstressed and the second stressed |
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| a long speech in which one character speaks at length to another character. There's no back and forth, as in dialogue. The other character, or characters, do not respond. |
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| the use of words whose sounds echo their meanings |
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| Hyperbole or overstaement |
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| a figure of speech in which the truth is exagerated for emphasis or humerous effect |
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| a seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that may nonetheless suggest an important truth |
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| a joke that comes from a play on words. It can make use of a word's multiple meanings or of a word's sound |
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| an occurrence of similar or identical sounds at the end of two or more words |
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| a pattern of end rhymes in a poem |
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| a speech in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud (inner conversation that the audience overhears) |
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| the way the setting for the play looks on stage; establishes where and when the events are taking place |
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| instructions which are usually printed in italic type; they serve as a guide to directors, set and lighting designers, actors and readers |
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| a technique of creating emphasis by saying less than is actually or literally true. |
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| occurs when there is a difference between what one character says and thinks and what the audience knows is true |
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