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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Alliteration
Literary device in which human qualities or characteristics are attributed to non-human entities.
Personification
The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences
.Anaphora
The repetition of vowel sounds.
Assonance
A reference to another work of literature,person , or event.
Allusion
Visually descriptive or figurative language
Imagery
Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
Juxtaposition
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things.
Metaphor
The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.
Asyndeton
Closely associated object is substituted for the object or idea in mind.
Metonymy
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd, but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Paradox
A writer's or speaker' choice of words.
Diction
The repetition of conjunctions in close succession.
Polysyndeton
When the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience, but not by the others in the play.
Dramatic Irony
Continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause.
Enjambment
Not only the physical location but also the time and circumstances
Setting
Set in a time earlier than the main story.
Flashback
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
Simile
A character whose personality and attitude contrasts sharply with those of another.
Foil
Occurs when the expected action is turned on its head and the opposite happens instead.
Situational Irony
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.
Hyperbole
A tangible object that represents something intangible or abstract.
Symbol
A form of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole.
Synecdoche
Organization of words in a sentence.
Syntax