Connotation
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.
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Epistrophe
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Denotation
Situational Irony
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Syllepsis
Homophones
Sonnet
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Sestet
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Quintet
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Shakespeare Sonnet
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Digression
Octave
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Ellipsis
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
