Using the same conjunction lots of times
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Octave
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
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
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Anticlimax
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Denouement
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Anaphora
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Pun
Exact Rhyme
The dictionary definition of a word
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
