Literary and Dramatic Terms

Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning

Contrast between what is and what appears to be

Words spoken to the audience or another character that are not to be heard by others 

A contrast about what is or what seems to be

A type of drama of human conflict which ends in defeat and suffering

A long speech directed at other characters on stage

Conversation between characters in a story or play

Exaggeration 

Statement that seems contradictory but may actually be well founded or true

Contrasting character who enhances another

Human qualities are attributed to inanimate objects, animals or ideas

Repetition of the same initial sound 

Reference to a historical or literary person, work or event

Main division of a drama

A hint of what is to come in the story

Two consecutive lines of poetry

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

Language that appeals to the senses

Line of poetry that contains 5 unstressed and 5 stressed syllables

Long speech in which a character who is alone onstage expresses their thoughts

Comparison between two unalike things using like or as

States a comparison between two like things