Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Verbal irony
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Epiphany
Couplet
Litotes
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Repetition of vowel sounds
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
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
Ellipsis
Quatrain
A four line stanza
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Mood
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
