Mood
Syllogism
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Metonymy
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Octave
8 line stanza
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Extended Metaphor
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Assonance
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Blank Verse
a five line stanza
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
