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| the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb |
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| is a figurative mode of representation conveying a meaning other than the literal. |
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| use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
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| passing reference or indirect mention |
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| an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others |
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adversary: someone who offers opposition |
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| a disappointing decline after a previous rise |
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| a counter-propositions and denotes a direct contrast to the original proposition. In setting the opposite, an individual brings out of a contrast in the meaning |
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| an exclamatory rhetorical figure of speech, when a talker or writer breaks off and directs speech to an imaginary person or abstract quality or idea |
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| An informal form of hearsay obtained from random sources and having no legal basis |
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| language no longer in use |
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| The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables, with changes in the intervening consonants |
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| a particular environment or surrounding influence |
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| a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance |
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| A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain |
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| A preference or an inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment |
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| An account of a person's life written, composed, or produced by another |
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| Verse consisting of unrhymed lines, usually of iambic pentameter |
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