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| imagery | language that appeals to the five senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing) |
| irony | language or situations that contradict what is expected |
| dramatic irony | a situation in which the audience knows something that a character does not |
| situational irony | a situation in which something different from what is expected (either by the character or the audience) occurs |
| verbal irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is different from the literal meaning |
| monologue | a long speech in a play given by a character to other characters on the stage |
| oxymoron | the use of two contradictory words for effect |
| personification | applying human characteristics to non-human or abstract objects |
| soliloquy | a long speech in a play given by a character while alone on stage |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| aside | words spoken so as not to be heard by others present |
| couplet | two rhymed lines of poetry |
| verse | words written in poetic form |
| prose | words written in non-poetic form |
| foil | a character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight the characteristics of the other |
| pun | a figure of speech that uses the double meaning of words or similar sounding words |
| iambic pentameter | 10 syllables per line of poetry, with the even syllables accented |
| allusion | a reference to a familiar literary, historical, or cultural figure |
| climax | the point of a story or play in which the conflict is at its most complicated |
| symbol | an object that represents an idea in a work of literature |
