Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
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
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Couplet
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Pun
A play on words
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
The dictionary definition of a word
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Motif
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
8 line stanza
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
