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Is the repetition of initial consonant sounds. Writers use alliteration to give emphasis to words, to imitate sound and to create musical effects.
alliteration
Figure of speech In which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else.
metaphor
A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage.
soliloquy
Descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader.
imagery
The use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.
foreshadowing
: Is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or art.
allusion
Is a character or force in conflict with a main character or protagonist
antagonist
: A central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work.
theme
: Brief story about an interesting or amusing, strange event told to entertain or to make point
anecdote
A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.
hyperbole
A figure of speech in which the words like or as are used to compare two apparently
similie
Expression that is characteristic of a language, region, community or class of people.
idiom
Pair of rhyming lines, usually of the same length and meter, found in poems in plays written in verse.
couplet
Used to show omitted words or sentences in quoted texts
ellipses
Anything that stands for something else. In addition to having its own meaning and reality, also represents abstract ideas.
symbol
A character who provides a contrast to another character
foil
A struggle between opposing forces.
conflict
Figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.
personification
: Ordinary form of written language – most writing that is not poetry, drama or song is considered prose.
prose
Is a form of parallelism that emphasizes strong contrasts
antithesis
Writing or a speech that explains a process or presents information. This introduces the characters, setting and basic situations.
exposition
a long narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes.
epic
The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables.
assonance
: Perspective from which events are described.
point of view
Word is the set of ideas associated with it in addition to its explicit meaning
connotation