Dramatic Irony
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Juxtaposition
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Internal Rhyme
Parallelism
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
End Rhyme
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Verbal irony
Mood
Anticlimax
Polysyndeton
Sestet
six line stanza
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Metonymy
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Scansion
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
a five line stanza
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Octave
