a short speech or remark directed either to the audience or to another character, which by convention is supposed to be inaudible to the other characters on stage
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
a dramatic speech uttered by one character speaking aloud while alone, thus revealing his or her inner thoughts and feelings
in prose or verse, the spoken exchanges between or among characters
the most important, widespread figure of speech, in which one thing, idea, or action is referred to by a word or expression normally denoting another thing, idea, or action, so as to suggest some common quality shared by the two
a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
an explicit comparison between two different things, actions, or feelings, using the words ‘as’ or ‘like’
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings
attributing human characteristics to animals, inanimate objects, abstract ideas, etc.
when the audience but not the characters understands a scene
a situation, incident, idea, image, or character-type that is found in many different literary works, folktales, or myths that recurs to elaborate a more general theme
a significant, abstract idea that emerges from a literary work’s treatment of its subject matter, often emerging indirectly through the recurrence of motifs
exaggeration for the sake of emphasis in a figure of speech not meant literally
a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
Where is my puzzle?