aubade- a poem about dawn, a morning love song, or the parting of lovers at dawn.
Romeo and Juliet parting at dawn
Cosmic Irony- the type of irony that comes from the difference between what a character wants and what the cosmic forces have planned.
Odysseus wants to get home but the gods won't let him.
Imagery- use of vivid language to helps paint a picture of what the author has in his head.
vivid words
Satire- the use of wit, especially sarcasm irony and ridicule, to make fun of a person or institution to try to promote change.
Apostrophe- an address to a person who is not currently present.
Caesura-a term used to denote an audible pause in both poetry and prose
Dramatic Monologue- a piece of spoken word that offers incite into the deep feelings of the character and it is written in a manner so that it gives the impersonation that the
character is speaking or thinking about it
Allegory- a story of two meanings, literal and symbolic. a form of extended metaphor.
Aside- an act or speech is directed at the audience and not supposed to be heard by the other characters. used to make the audience feel involved.
Romeo and Juliet
Denotation- the exact meaning of a word instead of the feelings evoked by the word.
Assonance-resemblance of sounds, repetition of stressed vowel sounds in two or more words
Hyperbole-obvious and intentional exaggeration.
I could eat a horse.