Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Epistrophe
Synaesthesia
Litotes
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Couplet
Tercet
three line stanza
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Dramatic Irony
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Quintet
a five line stanza
A four line stanza
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Exact Rhyme
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
