Literary Devices & Theatre Terms for R&J

An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud by oneself or regardless of who hears

The use of descriptive language that appeals to the reader's senses is

Small hints that indicate to readers what is coming later in the story

A pair of rhyming lines

A 14 line poem, divided into 3 stanzas of four lines, ending with a couplet, that follows the abab rhyme scheme

A type of figurative language where a pair of opposing words appear together

A form of word play that suggests two or more meanings

Repetition of the same letter or consonant sound at the beginning of neighboring words