Literary Terms (1 of 3)

repetition of initial consonant sounds

• assonance

• couplet

• alliteration

• aside

a reference in one work of literature to a person, place, or event in another work of literature or in history, art, music, or the Bible.

• blank verse

• allusion

• apostrophe

• climax

an extended comparison showing the similarities between two things

• analogy

• couplet

• characterization

• dramatic irony

character or force that works against the protagonist; introducesthe conflict

• protagonist

• epithet

• exposition

• antagonist

literary device in which someone directly addresses an inanimate object or someone who is either dead or simply addresses an inanimate object or someone who is either dead or simply not there.

• blank verse

• apostrophe

• couplet

• alliteration

literary device in that an actor speaks to the audience, usually in an undertone; he/she is not heard by the other characters. It is similar to a monologue and soliloquy

• aside

• climax

• allusion

• comic relief

repetition of vowl sounds

• antagonist

• alliteration

• protagonist

• assonance

poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter; This verse form was widely used by William Shsakespeare

• epithet

• exposition

• blank verse

• aside

the personality a character displays; the means by which the author reveals that personality. (what they say, what they do, what others say about them.)

• characterization

• aside

• alliteration

• comic relief

the high point of interest or suspense.

• dramatic irony

• analogy

• exposition

• climax