a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Apostrophe
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Pun
A play on words
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Consonance
Quatrain
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Frozen!
Frozen!
a five line stanza
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Denouement
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Spenserian
Digression
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Situational Irony
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Denouement
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Motif
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Free Verse
Pun
A play on words
Diction
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Anticlimax
Octave
8 line stanza
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Dramatic Irony
Apostrophe
Syllogism
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Consonance
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
three line stanza
Frozen!
Frozen!
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Duel!