Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Syllepsis
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Repetition of vowel sounds
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Pun
A play on words
Sonnet
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Denouement
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.
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Polysyndeton
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
