Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
8 line stanza
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
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
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Couplet
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Quatrain
Synecdoche
Apostrophe
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Connotation
