English terms

Hyperbole

Exaggeration to express strong emotion

Personification

Giving human feelings to objects or animals

Allusion

Indirect reference to historical, cultural, or literary significance

Simile

Comparison using "like" or "as"

Metaphor

Comparison without using "like" or "as"

Dialect

Form of language spoken by a specific group

Dialogue

Character speaking directly to the audience

Internal conflict

Character vs. self

External conflict

Conflict between a person and something else

Irony types

Verbal, situational, dramatic irony

Alliteration

Repetition of consonants at the beginning of words

Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds within words

Apostrophe

Addressing a person not present or an object

Plagiarism

Using someone's work without credit

Blank Verse

Poetry with regular meter but no rhyme

Conflict

Serious disagreement about something important

Aside

Character's speech to the audience

Soliloquy

Character talking to oneself