q(' - a dramatic effect aimed at encouraging critical detachment in the audience.#alienation effect');
q(' - a story with a second distinct meaning#allegory');
q(' - repetition of initial consonants in words in a sequence.#alliteration');
q(' - a passing reference to a person, place, work, which is not explained – the audience is expected to be clever enough to recognize it.#allusion');
q(' - the misplacing of a person or thing outside its historical context.#anachronism');
q(' - illustration of an idea by means of a more familiar idea that is similar.#analogy');
q(' - contrasting ideas, balanced in a sentence or sequence.#antithesis');
q(' - a statement of some general principle, memorable and concisely.#aphorism');
q(' - the use of old words, not commonly used in contemporary practice.#archaism');
q(' - a recurring symbol / theme / character-type – some believe they embody an essential element of human experience.#archetype');
q(' - repetition of vowel sounds within words#assonance');
q(' - a lapse into the ridiculous after aiming at elevated expression#bathos');
q(' - harsh, discordant sounds#cacophony');
q(' - the rhythm of speech#cadence');
q(' - represent sophisticated society where wit and appearances count for more than moral worth#comedy of manners');
q(' - a new figure at the end of a play, who solves all the problems#Deus ex machina');
q(' - the choice of words#diction');
q(' - work designed to advise / preach / teach#didactic');
q(' - when the leading characters belong to the middle class#domestic tragedy');
q(' - pessimistic view of the future – unlike Utopia#dystopia');
q(' - the theory of interpretation#hermeneutics');
q(' - exaggerated praise#hyperbole');
q(' - untranslatable phrases – distinct to a particular language#idiom');
q(' - idealized picture of a place  - usually rural – innocent bliss#idyllic');
q(' - an imagined author, who stands a remove form the narrator#implied author');
q(' - written version of a character’s thoughts – as if overheard#interior monologue');
q(' - drama about drama – when a play draws attention to its status as a theatrical pretence – such as in direct addresses to the audience.#metadrama');
q(' - a direct comparison, without using like or as – can be extended.#metaphor');
q(' - a very detailed illusion of life – through costume, set, speech…#naturalistic drama');
q(' - an all- knowing narrator, who can describe all events in a story.#omniscient narrator');
q(' - a compressed paradox – where opposites are combined#oxymoron');
q(' - nature appears to feel as humans do – flowers weep. This is a form of personification, where non-humans are given human traits.#pathetic fallacy');
q(' - emotionally moving power of a literary work#pathos');
q(' - a play on words – with two similar sounding words.#pun');
q(' - when the writing seems to be utterly faithful to real life #realism');
q(' - writing to expose folly of society – that it may repent#satire');
q(' - a comparison using like or as#simile');
q(' - writing that is a continuous flow of thoughts, feelings…#stream of consciousness');
q(' - meanings which are implied rather than explicitly stated in a work - they can come through in pauses, actions….#subtext');
q(' - this refers to word order – how sentences are constructed#syntax');
q(' - a picture formed by living persons in static positions#tableau');