Digression
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Syllogism
Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times
Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Homophones These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Exact Rhyme
Tercet three line stanza
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Juxtaposition
Anticlimax a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Ellipsis three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
End Rhyme A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Pedantry (n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Litotes A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Chaismus A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Apostrophe A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Shakespeare Sonnet
Euphemism An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Syllepsis
Anaphora Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Synecdoche a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
A play on words
Verbal irony A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Motif (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
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.
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Parallelism
Frozen!
Frozen!
Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds
Paradox A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Syncope cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
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
Synecdoche
Syllepsis a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Sestet six line stanza
Boost!
Boost!
Litotes
Quintet a five line stanza
Apostrophe A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Synaesthesia
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
Mood
Syntax The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Quatrain A four line stanza
Verbal irony
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Octave 8 line stanza
Boost!
Boost!
Situational Irony An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Metonymy A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Anticlimax a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds
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.
Motif (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Exact Rhyme Uses words with identical end sound
Pedantry (n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
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