Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Anticlimax
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
8 line stanza
a five line stanza
A play on words
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Anaphora
Consonance
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Damning with faint praise
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Tercet
three line stanza
