| A | B |
|---|
| Paradox | A statement that contradicts itslef , yet might be true. |
| Pun | A paly on words with two difffernt meanings. |
| Allusion | A reference to a commonly known work, painting, play, poem, movie, song , person, etc |
| Hyperbole | A figure of sppech that uses exaggeartion to express strong emotion or to create a comic effect. |
| Oxymoron | Opposite meanings |
| Assonance | The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds |
| Repetition | Repetition of words for emphasis |
| Presonification | Giving an inanimate obejct properties or actions of a person |
| Simile | Comparison with like or as |
| Soliloquy | Speaking one's thought aloud alone with no persons listening |
| Aside | A cahracter turns away from other cagarcters on stage and addreses the adudience - Other caharcters do not hear. |
| Dramatic Irony | Whne the reader or watcher knows more than at last one character in the play. |
| Alliteration | Repetition of specific consonants, all must be initial sounds. ( Silver sweet toungue) |
| Consonance | Repetition of consonants or of a consonant pattern, especially at the end of words. ( love, dove) |
| Metaphor | A comaprison without like or as |
| Foresahdwing | Hints or clues about what will happen in the plot. |
