Internal Rhyme
Pun
A play on words
Sestet
six line stanza
Atmosphere
Colloquial
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.
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Shakespeare Sonnet
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Metonymy
Diction
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Paradox
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Free Verse
Mood
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Couplet
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Quintet
a five line stanza
Situational Irony
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Digression
