| Term | Definition |
|---|
| tragedy | high rank families. cause their own death |
| oxymoron | use2 contrast for effect, opposites- jumbo shrimp |
| alliteration | tongue twister, repetition of a beginning sound |
| foreshadow | hints or clues about the future of the book |
| prologue | introduction to the story |
| rhyming couplet | two lines that end with words that rhyme, usually when someone exits |
| foil | character who are opposites |
| star-crossed | ill-fated, doomed at the beginning |
| sonnet | consists of 14 lines abab cdcd efef gg |
| iambic pentameter | 10 beats per line |
| similie | has like or as |
| metaphor | compares two different things |
| personification | expanding on over exaggeration |
| hyperbole | over exaggeration |
| pun | play on words |
| allusion | refference to outside the book, usually mythilogically |
| epithet | an adj or phrase that is given to a person or thing by the attributes it posses |
| heroic/homeric simile | a simile that compares one complex concept with another, may or may not use the words like or as |
| suspense | apprehension about what is going to happen |
| monologue | long speech by one person |
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