Literary Terms III

What is the term for a direct comparison of dissimilar objects using "like" or "as"

What is the term for a recurring feature of a literary word that is related to the theme?

What is it called when non-human things are given human characteristics?

What is the term for the dramatic device in which a character speaks his/her thoughts alone?

What is the term for the voice in a poem; the person or thing that is speaking?

What is the term for language that is non-literal language like simile, symbol, metaphor, etc.?

What is the pattern of rhyme among lines of poetry called?

What is the term for the method of returning to an earlier time to make the present clearer?

What is the term for the repetition of similar or identical sounds, like "book" and "took"?

What is the term for a reference to something well-known that exists outside the literary work?

What is the literary term for the repetition of initial consonant sounds?

What is the term for the standardized, conventional ideas about characters, plots, settings?

What is the term for the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds?

What is the term for the group of lines forming a unit in a poem?

What is the term for the technique that keeps the reader guessing what will happen next?

What is is when a character speaks - intended for the audience, but not the others on stage?

What is the term for a hint of what is to come in a literary work?

What is the term when one thing (object, person, place) is used to represent something else?