Literary Terms

2. The speaker addresses the audience or another character, but the other characters on stage cannot hear it; a brief whisper.
6. A single, long speech delivered by one character to other characters on stage.
8. PERSON LIMITED: A narrator whose knowledge is confined to only one character's thoughts and perceptions.
9. A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
12. A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
14. An author's attitude toward the subject, conveyed through word choice and style.
15. RHYME: Rhyme where the rhyming words are at the end of adjacent or alternating lines.
17. A reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work, or art.
19. IRONY: A literary device where a situation's outcome is contrary to what was expected.
20. A broad term for a discrepancy between expectation and reality.

1. A type of narrator that uses "I," "me," and "my" and is a character in the story.
3. The general atmosphere or emotional setting a piece of writing creates for the reader.
4. IRONY: A statement meant to be understood as the opposite of what is literally said (e.g., calling a mess "spotless").
5. PERSON OMNISCIENT: A narrator who knows everything about all the characters and events.
7. A literary device where two contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
10. A device where two or more words share the same sound, usually at the end of a line.
11. RHYME: Rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse or between contiguous lines.
13. A softer, less direct word or phrase substituted for one considered to be too harsh or unpleasant.
16. IRONY: The audience knows something the characters do not, creating tension or humor.
18. A speech delivered by a character alone on stage, revealing their inner thoughts to the audience.