Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Parallel Structure
Anaphora
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
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
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
six line stanza
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Verbal irony
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
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.
Repetition of consonant sounds
Octave
8 line stanza
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Tercet
Denouement
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Free Verse
Damning with faint praise
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Exact Rhyme
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
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 form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Euphemism
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Boost!
Boost!
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Shakespeare Sonnet
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Quintet
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Scansion
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Repetition of consonant sounds
Apostrophe
Frozen!
Frozen!
Duel!