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act
an event that contributes to the development of a plot or character in a work of literature
analogy
a literary device that compares two things that are usually thought of as different to explain or illustrate a point
apostrophe
a speech or address to a person who is not present or to a personified object
aside
a short comment, often seen as a fourth wall break, delivered while other characters are onstage
blank verse
poetry written in unrhymed but metered lines, almost always iambic pentameter
cadence
the fall in pitch of the intonation of the voice, and its modulated inflection with the rise and fall of its sound
caesura
a pause in a line of poetry that occurs when one phrase ends and another begins
colloquialism
the use of informal, everyday language in writing
conceit
the act of using two very unlikely objects in order to draw a comparison within a poem
end-stopped line
a complete thought or phrase appears on a single line followed by punctuation
enjambment
a poetic device that occurs when a sentence or phrase continues from one line to the next without punctuation
free verse
poetry that doesn't follow a consistent rhyme scheme or meter
hamartia
a character's tragic flaw or mistake that leads to their downfall
juxtaposition
a figurative language device in which contrasting elements are placed side by side to highlight their differences or create a specific emotional or thematic impact
meter
the rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of verse
monologue
a poem that presents a character's thoughts and feelings in the form of a speech
oxymoron
a figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings
pun
a figure of speech that plays with words that have multiple meanings
rhyme scheme
the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song
scene
a specific section within a larger work where actions take place in one location at one time
soliloquy
the act of talking to oneself
stanza
a series of lines that are arranged by their rhyme or meter
syntax
the arrangement of language and order of words used to convey the poem's content
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