Damning with faint praise
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Denotation
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Euphemism
Sestet six line stanza
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Quintet
Diction A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Quatrain A four line stanza
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
8 line stanza
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Atmosphere
Digression
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Pedantry (n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Anaphora
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Mood
Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times
Consonance
Epiphany A moment of sudden revelation or insight
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Syllepsis a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Parallelism similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions
Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions
Frozen!
Frozen!
Ellipsis three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Syntax
Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Balanced Sentences a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Juxtaposition
Inexact/Slant Rhyme It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Oxymoron
Paradox
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Quintet a five line stanza
Pun
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Quatrain
Repetition of vowel sounds
Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times
Free Verse Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Boost!
Boost!
Extended Metaphor A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Anticlimax a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
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
Octave 8 line stanza
Damning with faint praise (fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Syllogism A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
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Syllepsis a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Connotation an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
The dictionary definition of a word
Euphemism An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
End Rhyme
Situational Irony An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
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