The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text

The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text

A story or narrative in poetic form

a single line of poetry

The measured arrangement of BEATS in a poem

The arrangement of end sounds in a poem that follows a designated pattern

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measured meter

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry

A group of lines in poetry, similar to a paragraph is prose

A practice of forming a rhyme in only one line of verse: Once upon a midnight DREARY, while I pondered weak and WEARY.

Words which end with the same sounds, usually at the end of lines.

Slight or inaccurate repetition of sounds: mean-men

When words look like they should rhyme but they do not. Ex. over - discover

The repetition of words or phrases at the end of clauses

A speech that a character gives when he/she is alone on stage. Its purpose is to let the audience know what the character is thinking

A character’s remark, either to the audience or to another character, that others on stage are not supposed to hear Its purpose is to reveal the character’s private thoughts.

A form of poetry in unrhyming couplets that sounds similar to everyday speech.

A metrical line of five feet, each of which is made up of two syllables, first unstressed, second stressed

Da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM

A preview that explains what the play will be about.

A play on words Example: grave man: sad/going to die

A major unit of action in a a play, similar to a chapter in a a book

Indicates a different time and place in a play

A humorous scene, incident, or speech that relieves the overall emotional intensity

A drama that ends in catastrophe, most often death, for the main character and often for several other important characters as well.

The reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase.

Example: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

A piece of writing expressing a character's inner thoughts. These may be spoken as a soliloquy or an aside if in play format.

Example:

A play that begins with trouble and ends in peace.