Tercet
three line stanza
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Sonnet
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Epiphany
Quintet
a five line stanza
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.
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Blank Verse
Tone
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Synecdoche
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Octave
8 line stanza
A play on words
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Repetition of vowel sounds
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
