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

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

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

The making of a casual or indirect reference to something.

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllable in a poem.

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

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

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

Is a division of lines in a poem.

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

Words that have the same or nearly the same meaning.

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

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

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

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

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

A three-line poem with seventeen syllables total.

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

Literature that is written in verse, or short lines.

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

Is a word's dictionary definition.

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

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

The main part of the word.

Repetition of sounds at the ends of lines.

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

A major division of a play.

A comparison of two things that are largely dissimilar.

Poetry with a fixed structure.

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

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

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

When the purpose of writing is to tell a story.

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

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

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

When you give human characteristics to non-human objects.

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

His or her reason for writing a text.

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

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

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

Words that have the opposite meaning.

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

The central message in a literary text.

Is the emotional weight a word carries.

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

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

A reference text that lists synonyms and antonyms.

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

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

A deliberate exaggeration.

Sets of lines in a poem.

A decision based on evidence in a passage.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Poetry with no strict meter of rhyme.

A short literary composition on a single subject.