A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Extended Metaphor
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
8 line stanza
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
End Rhyme
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Denouement
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Connotation
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Damning with faint praise
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Verbal irony
Juxtaposition
