Extended Metaphor
Assonance
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Tercet
three line stanza
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Polysyndeton
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Internal Rhyme
Apostrophe
Syllogism
Syntax
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Free Verse
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Sestet
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Oxymoron
