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The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllable in a poem.

A comparison of two things that are largely dissimilar.

Words that have the same or nearly the same meaning.

Is the use of descriptive language that use to the five senses to create a picture in your mind

When writers employ two or more characters to be engaged in conversation.

A literary device that is used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence or event.

Repetition of sounds at the ends of lines.

A major division of a play.

A reference text that lists synonyms and antonyms.

Letters added to the end of the word to change its meaning.

The main part of the word.

Is a set of letters attached to the beginning or the end of a root word.

Used to downplay the significance of something, often for ironic effect.

Is a person in a narrative work of arts (such as a novel, play, television series or film).

The making of a casual or indirect reference to something.

A poem that has 14 lines and is written in iambic pentameter.

A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true.

An alphabetical list that defines important words or terms used in a book or other text.

Words that have the opposite meaning.

A long speech delivered by one character, usually to another character.

An image, sound, action that have a symbolic significance and contributes toward the theme.

A literary device using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive and impactful.

The repeated sound of the first letter in a series of multiple words.

Letters added to the beginning of a root word to change its meaning.

Poetry with no strict meter of rhyme.

Gives the read facts, examples, and specific details about a topic.

Literature that is written in verse, or short lines.

The term used to signal the rising and falling of the voice when reading a literary piece.

A decision based on evidence in a passage.

Is a direct comparison of two unlike things, using the word like or as.

When the purpose of writing is to tell a story.

Is a word's dictionary definition.

Sets of lines in a poem.

A deliberate exaggeration.

A literary genre that makes the use of highly funny situations to entertain the audience.

These describe the setting and tell the actor what to do in a play.

A short literary composition on a single subject.

Is the emotional weight a word carries.

When you give human characteristics to non-human objects.

Occurs when the reader or audience knows something that a character does not.

A character in who has a complex personality. Like real people, they have depth.

A character or a group of characters which stand in opposition to the protagonist.

Is a division of lines in a poem.

An educated guess based on information and evidence combined with the reader's knowledge.

His or her reason for writing a text.

A literary device where a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

A type of text that addresses actual people, events, places, or other real-life subjects.

A speech delivered by one character while he or she is alone onstage.

A three-line poem with seventeen syllables total.

Wordplay in which letters of a word are rearranged so that a new word or phrase is formed.

A literary work intended to be performed by actors for an audience.

A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.

The style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.

Attempts to convince the reader to think or act in a certain way.

Happens when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other actors on the stage.

An indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or object in history or other work.

A literary device that is used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence or event.

The central message in a literary text.

Using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive and impactful.

A reference source of words listed alphabetically with their meanings, origins, & pronunciation

Poetry with a fixed structure.

Words that sound the same and sometimes have the same spelling.

A subdivision of an act with a fixed setting or continuous time frame.

a literary device where the author uses phrases that exaggerate the basic statement.