Literary Techniques

a word or phrase with more than one meaning

a 10 syllable line divide into 5 iambic feet

a unit in poetry consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

a literary reference to a well-known work of art, music, history or literature

a break in seriousness for a moment of comedy or silliness

non-rhyming poetry, usually written in iambic pentameter

a contradiction between what is expected and what is

when the audience or reader knows something that the characters do not

writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally

hints of events to occur

when two opposite terms are used together

language which works to evoke images in your mind

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is replace by another, indicating a similarity

two rhyming lines at the end of a speech

attributing human characteristics to non human objects

a figure of speech comparing two unlike things;like or as

normal speech rhythm

a substitution of a more pleasant expression for one whose meaning may be rude or offensive

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word or stressed syllables

a play on words, especially those that sound alike