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| The repetition of an initial sound in 2 or more words in a series |
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| The repeating of single words or short phrases |
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| Direct comparision between 2 objects using like or as |
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| an implied comparison that does not use the words like or as |
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| the application of human qualities to objects, animals, or abstract ideas |
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| opposite or contradictory words or ideas that are combined and may be true |
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| words which have sounds that imitate their meaning |
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| an extreme exaggeration that is not taken literally |
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| A humouorous use of a word where it can have different meanings, or a play on words |
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| a statement that may be true but seems to say two opposite things |
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| Rhyme because of similar vowel sounds |
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| repetition of a sequence of consonant sounds, but with a change in the intervening vowel sounds |
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| One thing is used for another to which it is related |
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| involves contrast which is expressed in parallel terms |
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| a part represents a whole |
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| is a direct address to an inanimate object which is personified, or to a person who is not present |
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| a casual reference to something that is related |
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| the ascription of human traits or feelings to inanimate nature |
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| The literal meaning of a word or statement is the opposite of that intended. State one thing, but you mean another. |
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| speaker is unaware of the irony, but the audience or other characters are aware of it |
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| the use of words or phrases that usually help the mind form visual impressions of pictures (stimulate other senses also) |
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| usually a type of story. A symbolic story where specific characters represent wider, general truths about human experience |
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| events in a work of fiction that could happen |
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| form of irony whereby events or persons are help up to ridicule, making fun of the human condition |
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| the outside environment reflects the mood or temperament of a character |
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| a literay work that moves the reader to feel pity or sorrow |
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| Overdone sympathy (Intended to make you feel sorrow and pity) |
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| Just or retributive punishment (Force to which a character opposes- arch enemy) |
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| A character speaks when there are others on stage yet only the audience can hear them (Usually shorter) |
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| The character is alone on stage (usually onger) |
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| Neither totally good nor totally bad- evoke pity and fear |
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Invole serious and important events that turn out disastrously for the protagonist
Gives us a sense of human waste of potential |
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| Error of judgement and fatal flaw of a tragic hereo |
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| Change from one state of affairs to another |
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| Change from ignorance to knowledge |
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| Revealing of enmotions of pity and fear |
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