A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Homophones These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Internal Rhyme
Octave 8 line stanza
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Denouement
Parallelism
Chaismus A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Parallel Structure Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Litotes
Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Situational Irony An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Colloquial
Dramatic Irony when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Antithesis
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Atmosphere
Repetition of consonant sounds
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Sestet six line stanza
Syncope
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
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Ellipsis three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times
Repetition of vowel sounds
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
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Free Verse
Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
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.
Synaesthesia
Metonymy A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Repetition of consonant sounds
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Euphemism An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Connotation
Chaismus
Motif (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Anaphora
Denotation
Oxymoron
Dramatic Irony
Spenserian A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Tercet
Balanced Sentences a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Inexact/Slant Rhyme It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times
Boost!
Boost!
Digression a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Internal Rhyme
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