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Apostrophe
Addressing (speaking to) an absent person or an object or concept
Aside
an actor's speech heard by the audience but supposedly not heard by other actors on stage
Soliloquy
a dramatic monologue that appears to be a character's inner thoughts
Imagery
SENSE EXPERIENCE conveyed by language
Figures of speech
methods of saying one thing and meaning another
Simile
comparison to two unlike things using like, as, than, similar to
Metaphor
an implied (for example, using the linking verb) comparison of two unlike things
Personification
giving the attributes of a human to an animal, object, or idea
Symbol
that which means more than it is
Allusion
a reference to a person or event in history or literature
Tone
author’s or speaker’s attitude towards the subject
Verbal irony
saying the opposite of what is meant
Irony of Situation
discrepancy between actual circumstances and what would seem appropriate (sarcasm)
Dramatic Irony
discrepancy between what the speaker says and what the author means (audience knows more than the actors)
Paradox
apparent contradicition which is somehow true (oxymoron - compact paradox, e.g. , “sweet sorrow”
Overstatement
exaggeration ”in the service of truth” (hyperbole)
Understatement
saying less than what is meant
Pun
humorous "play” upon the double meaning of a word
Alliteration
repetition of initial constants
Assonance
repetition of vowel sounds
Consonance
repetition of consonant sounds
Rhyme
repetition of accented vowel and all succeeding sounds (combination of assonance and consonance)
Onomatopoeia
use of words which sound like what they mean
Blank Verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter (10 syllables and it is stretched for Shakespeare)
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