Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Quatrain
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Syncope
Antithesis
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
End Rhyme
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Apostrophe
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Polysyndeton
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Repetition of consonant sounds
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Couplet
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Quintet
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
