Terms

• Metif - Distinctive feature/dominant idea in literary composition symbolism connected
• Paradox - Statement self-contradictory, but expresses a possible truth.
• Pathos - quality/power that evokes feeling of pity or sympathetic and kindly sorrow
• Pun - joke exploiting different possible meaning of world
• Oxymoron - contradictory terms appear back-to-back
• Soliloquy - speaking one's thoughts when by self, regardless of any hearers
• Dramatic Irony - Irony seen by audience, but not by character
• Imagery - visually descriptive language. Lots of words to create mental image.
• Verbal Irony - words that expresses something contrary to the truth or say opposite of what they really feel; sarcasm
• Juxtaposition - 2 contrary things placed together to create contrasting effect
• Couplet - 2 lines joined together
• Catharsis - emotional release, caused by forms of act/writting
• Aside - Remark by character that is intentionally to be heard only by audience (deadpool)
• Allusion - expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; passing reference
• Climax - tragic hero reaches point of no return
• Simile - comparison with "like" or "as"
• Metaphor - comparison without "like" or "as"
• Cliche - overuse of something
• Foil - character contrasts with main character, highlighting one of their traits
• Hubris - Exessive confidence or arrogance
• Assonance - repetition of a vowel sound
• Alliteration - repetition of sound-letter at beginning
• Hyperbole - Extreme exageration
• Rhetorical Question - A question asked to create a dramatic effect or to make a point.
• Anaphora - repetition of the word at the beginning of successive lines
• Onomatopoeia - words that imitate sound associated with their meaning
• Euphemism - Nicer ways of saying things
• Allegory - story/picture interpreted to reveal hidden message