Studied by 11 peopledrama
a play
end rhyme
rhymes at the end lines of poetry
end stop rhyme
occurs when there is a pause at the end of each line of a stanza and the pause is indicated by punctuation.
enjambment
occurs when there is a pause at the end of each line but rather the work is read "sentence to sentence". (there is no punctuation at the end line of poetry)
extended metaphor
no definition
euphemism
a mild or agreeable expression substituted for a "harsher" expression.
euphony
the use of compatible
exposition
introduces characters
falling action
the part of the plot that occurs after the climax- helps tie things together.
figurative language
words/phrases used in such a way that they take on new meanings other than the literal interpretation
flashback
a reference to an event which took place sometime in the "past".
foil
a character who sets off the main character or other characters by comparison.
foreshadowing
a method that builds suspense and draws the reader/audience into the novel/play by providing clues or hints as to what will occur next
frame story
a story or stories within a story
free verse
unrhymed/ unmetered poetry
genre
a literally type of form. there are four main types of genre: fiction non fiction poetry drama(plays)
hyperbole
an exagateration
imagery
a word or groups of words that appeal to one or more of the five senses
in media res
when a work begins in the middle of the action
inference
a judgement based on reasoning rather than on direct information
internal rhyme
rhymes that are within a line of verse
irony
words/actions that have the opposite meaning of what they usually have
juxtaposition
contrasting content/tone-two "things" (characters
metaphor
a figure of speech where a comparison is used and the character becomes the object being compared to
meter
the pattern of measured sound-units recurring more or less regularly in lines of verse
metonymy
a figure of speech that replaces the name of one thing with the name of something else closely associated with it (vert much like a metaphor except the association between the items being compared is very close)
mood
the atmosphere or feeling created by a literacy work- the mood is NOT the tone
narrator
the teller of the story
onomatopoeia
words designed to imitate the sound they describe
oxymoron
a figure of speech that fuses two contradictory or opposing ideas together- almost always is it only a two-word phrase.
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