Dramatic, figure of speech, and grammatical terms

caesura

a pause , usually near the middle of a line of verse usually indicated by the sense of the line and often greater than the normal pause.

end-stoped

A line with a pause at the end, often punctuated by a mark such as a period comma, colon, a semicolon, an exclamation point, or a question mark

enjambment

the continuation of the sense and grammatical construction from one line of poetry to the next

parallelism

A similar grammatical structure within a line or lines of poetry. For example, all verbs ending with “ing”

apostrophe

a figure of speech in which someone, some abstract quality, or a non-existent personage is directly addressed as though present.

metonymy

a figure of speech which is characterized by the substitution of a term naming an object closely associated with the word in mind for the word itself. We associate a crown with a king because of this.

aside

a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play

monologue

a long speech by one actor in a play

soliloquy

an act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud, usually alone and for the purpose of sharing feelings thoughts with the audience