| Term | Definition |
|---|
| prose | ordinary speech or writing |
| verse | poetic form as opposed to prose |
| prologue | an introduction to a play, often a poem |
| monologue | a long speech made by one person, often monopolizing the conversation |
| soliloquy | a speech where a character talks to himself and reveals his thoughts without addressing a listener |
| aside | a piece of dialogue for the audience and usually not heard by the other actors on stage |
| allusion | an instance of indirect reference |
| pun | a play on words |
| oxymoron | the combination of contradictory terms |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect |
| onomatopeia | a word that imitates the object to which it refers |
| personification | the act of giving human qualities to animals or objects |
| similie | the comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | the comparison of two unlike things (without using "like" or "as") |
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