Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Pedantry
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Metonymy
Quintet
a five line stanza
Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Motif
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Pun
A play on words
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Mood
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Atmosphere
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
