Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Quintet
a five line stanza
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
Couplet
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Exact Rhyme
Pun
A play on words
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Asyndeton
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
8 line stanza
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Euphemism
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Personification
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Syntax
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Repetition of vowel sounds
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
