Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Exact Rhyme Uses words with identical end sound
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Quatrain A four line stanza
Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Tone
Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds
Anaphora Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Spenserian A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Chaismus
Diction
Pedantry (n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Scansion The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Atmosphere Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Balanced Sentences a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Oxymoron
Tercet three line stanza
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Syntax The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Syllogism
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Extended Metaphor A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Parallel Structure Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
End Rhyme
Frozen!
Frozen!
Octave 8 line stanza
Apostrophe
Syncope
Frozen!
Frozen!
Pedantry
Caesurae Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Anaphora
Boost!
Boost!
Diction
Ellipsis
Scansion The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Shakespeare Sonnet
Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Boost!
Boost!
Exact Rhyme Uses words with identical end sound
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Anticlimax a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Tercet three line stanza
Denotation The dictionary definition of a word
a five line stanza
Atmosphere
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Juxtaposition Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Digression a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds
Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times
Balanced Sentences
Octave 8 line stanza
Apostrophe A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Parallel Structure Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Sestet
Frozen!
Frozen!
Syllepsis a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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