Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Sestet
six line stanza
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Exact Rhyme
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
The dictionary definition of a word
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Personification
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Extended Metaphor
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
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.
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Colloquial
Ellipsis
Repetition of consonant sounds
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
Couplet
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Assonance
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Antithesis
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
