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Figures of Speech

English I Honors - Figurative Speech study

DefinitionTerm
a main division of a drama Act
the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in two or more consecutive or closely associated words Alliteration
a reference to a literary or historical person or event to explain a present situation Allusion
a main division of a drama Act
a brief remark made by a character and which is meant to be heard by the audience or by one other character, but not by multiple other characters Aside
a combination of two contradictory terms for the sake of emphasis Oxymoron
a hint of what is to come, often used to keep the audience in a state of expectancy Foreshadowing
a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas Personification
words or phrases that appeal to the senses Imagery
a small unit of an act in a play in which there is no shift of locale or time Scene
a contrast between what is and what appears to be; types include verbal, in which a character says one thing and means another, and dramatic, in which the audience knows what the characters do not Irony
a figure of speech that states a comparison between two essentially unlike things; usually phrased with like or as Simile
a figure of speech that implies or states a comparison between two unlike things which are similar in some way, does not use like or as Metaphor
a combination of two contradictory terms for the sake of emphasis Oxymoron
a speech given by a character alone on the stage to let the audience know what the character is thinking and feeling Soliloquy
a type of drama of human conflict which ends in defeat and suffering Tragedy
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