Alack/Alas
used to express regret or sadness
An
If
Anon
Soon/ Right away
Art
Are (Art thou = Are you)
Aye
Yes
Canst
Can (Canst thou = Can you)
Didst
Did (Didst thou = Did you)
Doth
Does
E'en
Contraction of even
E'er
Contraction of ever
Hath/Hast
Has/Have
Hence
Away
Hie
hurry
Prithee
I pray that you: I ask you
Hither
Here
Marry
Indeed
Thee
You
Thence
There
Thine
Your
Thither
There
Thou
You
Thyself
Yourself
Whence
From where
Wherefore
Why
Wilt
Will (Thou wilt = You will)
Withal
In addition
Pun
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a work or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.
this girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never seen herbivore.
Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connect words.
Busy bee, Dead as a door nail, looks like lions like licking lizards
personification
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
the leaves danced in the wind, love is blind
foreshadowing
a warning of indication in the wind
her early interest in air planes foreshadowed her later career as a pilot
oxymoron
a figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjuction
awfully good, bitter sweet
foil
a character who is present as a contrast to a second character to point out or show some aspect of the second character
harry and draco, anna and elsa
simile
a figure of speech comparing two things usually using the words like or as
as strong as a ox, I ran like the wind, as quiet as a mouse
imagery
a way of writing that trigger the 5 senses, images, or mental pictures.
(taste, smell, touch, sight, hearing)
the air smelled salty reminding me there was a beach nearby
dramatic irony
when the audience knows more than the character.
soliloquy
the act of talking to yourself (actor on the stage)
aside
a speech or short comment that a character delivers to the audience