Spenserian
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Anticlimax
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Assonance
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
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.
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Denotation
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Uses words with identical end sound
8 line stanza
Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Mood
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Consonance
Dramatic Irony
