Foil A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or story. Ismene can be seen as Antigone's foil in Sophocles' play. See Protagonist Foreshadowing Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or story. Hyperbole A figure of speech involving exaggeration. Image A concrete representation of a sense impression, a feeling, or an idea.
Imagery refers to the pattern of related details in a work.
The pattern of related comparative aspects of language in a literary work. Irony A contrast or discrepancy between what is said and what is meant or between what happens and what is expected to happen. In verbal irony characters say the opposite of what they mean. For example, when Iago tells Othello to fight off jealousy, he wants him to do just the opposite. In irony of circumstance or situation the opposite of what is expected happens.