A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Scansion
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Oxymoron
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Repetition of consonant sounds
Free Verse
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Syncope
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Quintet
a five line stanza
Sestet
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Colloquial
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Quatrain
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Blank Verse
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Personification
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
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Epistrophe
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Atmosphere
Pun
A play on words
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Quintet
a five line stanza
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.
End Rhyme
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Scansion
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Duel!