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Alliteration- the repetition of a consonant sound for a poetic effect.
Allusion
is a literary reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event
Aside is a device in which a character in a drama makes a short speech
which is heard by the audience but not by other characters in the play
Dramatic irony is when the audience knows more than your characters
Flashback is returning to an earlier time for the purpose of making
something in the present more clear
First person narrator is when the narrator is one of the characters
Foreshadowing is giving hints or clues of what is to come later in a
story
Hyperbole is exaggeration or overstatement.
Metaphor comparison of two unlike things using the verb "to be"
Motif- the themes of a play or story that are reinforced through repeated imagery.
Onomatopoeia-
musical words,
words that sound like the thing they represent.
Oxymoron is putting two contradictory words together.
Personification is giving human qualities to animals or objects
Presentational play when there�s no scenery so its more revolving around
how u imagine it making it easier for you to relate to (our town)
Pun a play on words
Simile is the comparison of two unlike things using like or as
Soliloquy is a speech delivered by a character when he or she is alone
one stage, kind of thinking out loud
Symbolism is something that represents more than what it is in a literal
sense
Verbal Irony- when the writer says one thing but means another
Affect
is to influence
Effect is to produce
Allusion is an indirect reference to something
Illusion is a false picture
Among is used when speaking of more than 2 ppl or things
Between is used when speaking of only 2
Amount is used for bulk measurement
Number is used to count separate units
Capital refers to a city or to money . Major or important
Capitol refers to a building
Chose is the past of choose . I chose the book yesterday
Choose is to decide. I choose the book today
