Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
six line stanza
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Consonance
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Situational Irony
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Repetition of vowel sounds
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Euphemism
Quintet
a five line stanza
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
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.
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Damning with faint praise
Pedantry
