Inexact/Slant Rhyme
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Personification
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.
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Apostrophe
Scansion
Syncope
Sestet
six line stanza
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Octave
8 line stanza
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Frozen!
Frozen!
Litotes
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Repetition of consonant sounds
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Pun
A play on words
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Homophones
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Frozen!
Frozen!
Damning with faint praise
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Litotes
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Sestet
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Octave
8 line stanza
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Colloquial
Duel!