Paradox
Caesurae
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Juxtaposition
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Scansion
Litotes
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Digression
Colloquial
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
A play on words
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
a five line stanza
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
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.
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Syllogism
