Literary Device
be a warning or indication of (a future event).
which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers or viewers also not real and is in some books
not, opposite, reverse, away
dis-
It is a poem that tells a story; its structure resembles the plot line of a story
Narrative Poem
words that sound like that which they describe - Boom! Crash! Pow! Quack! Moo! Caress
Onomatopoeia
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
a musical composition, free in form, typically involving variation on an existing work or the imaginative representation of a situation or story; a fantasia.
against, not, opposite
un-
are a series of lines grouped together and separated by an empty line
Stanzas
The internal or external struggle between opposing
forces, ideas, or interests that creates dramatic tension
Conflict
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love
before historic
pre-
It is a poem that describes the world that surrounds the speaker. It uses elaborate imagery and adjectives
Descriptive Poem
is the repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different words, most
often at the ends of lines.
Rhyme
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
personification
a novel, play, or movie dealing with a puzzling crime, especially a murder
bad, wrong
mis-
It is any poem with one speaker (not necessarily the poet) who expresses strong thoughts and feelings. Most poems, especially modern ones, are lyric poems.
Lyric Poetry
This is what happens in the play.
Plot
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
forming an adverb example: clearly, hourly
-ily
the repetition of initial sounds on the same line or stanza
Alliteration
This refers to the words written by the playwright and spoken by
the characters in the play.
Dialogue