Drama
long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage.
What is soliloquy?
Her eyes were like sunsets.
What is a simile?
Bang-bang! Ding-dong! Woof! Zap! Pow!
What is onomatopoeia?
Evokes both pity and terror, is neither all good nor all evil, is of high birth, and whose downfall is through a weakness or error in judgment, a tragic flaw
What is tragic hero?
"Purgation” or “purification” of emotions of pity and fear which leaves the audience/reader relieved and elated.
What is catharsis?
His hunger was a ravenous beast.
What is a metaphor?
The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the end of accented syllables.
A funky shark can't kick and bark.
What is consonance?
Excessive pride that causes the hero’s downfall, a tragic flaw
What is hubris?
A short speech delivered by an actor in a play, expressing the character’s thoughts.
What is an aside?
The hurricane roared across the Mississippi delta.
What is personification?
Papa proposed to Polly in a proper position.
What is alliteration?
The use of description of figurative language to create vivid images, or word pictures that appeal to the senses.
"The waves danced and sparkled like glittering animated diamonds in the sunlight."
What is imagery?
A work of literature, especially a play, that results in a catastrophe for the main character and arouses pity and fear in the audience/reader.
What is tragedy?
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is hyperbole?
The repetition of an initial, consonant, sound.
What is alliteration?
A reference to a well-known object, event, or person in history or pop-culture.
"He had Elvis hair and a million-dollar smile."
What is an allusion?
a speech by one character while others are present
What is a monologue?
Bang-bang! Ding-dong! Woof! Zap! Pow!
What is onomatopoeia?
The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables.
"Baby, I stay away so late."
What is assonance?
The central idea/main insight of a literary work.
What is the theme?