Scansion
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
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.
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Verbal irony
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Apostrophe
Synecdoche
Oxymoron
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Motif
Tercet
three line stanza
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
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
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
