Sonnet
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Litotes
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
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.
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Consonance
The dictionary definition of a word
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Uses words with identical end sound
Balanced Sentences
Shakespeare Sonnet
Quintet
Tercet
three line stanza
Anticlimax
Verbal irony
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
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Extended Metaphor
