Definitions
Written or spoken language in its ordinary form; no metrical structure. Language as we speak it.
Prose
“The icy wind whipped my face” (95).
Personification
A comparison without the use of like or as is called a ___________.
Metaphor
A division or unit of a literary work; major sections (Hint:How was Shakespeare plays divided)
Act
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon. . .
Onomatopoeia
Jumbo shrimp is an example of an _____________.
Oxymoron
A remark by a character on stage that is intended to be heard by the audience but not the characters.
Aside
“I was putting one foot in front of the other, like a machine (85)”
Simile
When you're making a passing reference, typically to something of common knowledge (ex. "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?") is called an _____________.
An emotional release usually caused by forms of art or writing.
Catharsis
"With nimble soles. I have a soul of lead."
Pun
Euphemism
The act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself, regardless of any hearers.
Soliloquy
“Famine is in thy cheeks,/ Need and oppression starveth in thy eyes,/ Contempt and beggary hangs upon thy back./ The world is not thy friend, nor the world’s law.”
Imagery
When a metaphor like "life is a box of chocolates," is overused, it is called a _______________.
Cliché