allegory - story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning alliteration - beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words allusion - indirect of passing reference anaphora - repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning antagonist - a hostile person who is opposed to another character apostrophe - figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character approximate rhyme - words in rhyming pattern that sound alike aside - when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage assonance - repetition of vowel sounds blank verse - poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme cacophony - blend of unharmonious sounds caesura - pause in the middle of a line catharsis - the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse) flat character - story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic round character - character who has complex personality: contradicted person dynamic character - changes throughout the story, through major conflict static character - person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality characterization - process of revealing characters personality climax - point where conflict hits its highest point comedy - drama that is amusing or funny conflict - struggle between opposing forces connotation - secondary meaning to a word consonance - repetition of same consonant in words close together couplet - two rhyming lines in a verse denotation - the literal meaning of a word denouement - final outcome of the story deus ex machina - resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence didactic writing - writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach direct presentation of character - author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story double rhyme - rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn) dramatic exposition - prose commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world end rhyme - rhymes occurring at the end of line end stopped line - line ending in regular punctuation English sonnet - a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg epiphany - when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life euphony - smooth choice and arrangement of sounds extended figure - A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem. falling action - Events after the climax, leading to the resolution feminine rhyme - lines rhymed by their final two syllables figurative language - Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. figure of speech - a way of saying something other than the ordinary way