Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Ellipsis
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Sestet
six line stanza
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
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
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Tercet
three line stanza
End Rhyme
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Consonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Juxtaposition
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
