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| paradox | a contradictory statement with a profound meaning |
| allusion | a reference to a literary or historical person or event |
| tragedy | a drama that ends in defeat or suffering |
| simile | a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" |
| alliteration | repetition of beginning consonant sounds |
| comic relief | a humorous scene or speech in a serious drama |
| aside | a brief remark intended for the audience to hear, but not the other characters |
| imagery | words or phrases that appeal to the five senses |
| pun | a play on words that have different meanings |
| soliloquy | a speech given by a character alone on the stage |
| foil | a character who contrasts and parallels the main character |
| metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things |
| irony | a contrast between what is expected and what really happens |
| atmosphere | the tone or mood established in the play |
| foreshadowing | a hint of what will happen further in the play |
| sonnet | a 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter |
| iambic pentameter | lines of poetry with alternately unstressed and stressed syllables |
| blank verse | a type of poem with regular meter but no rhyme |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| couplet | a pair of rhyming lines |
