Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Internal Rhyme
8 line stanza
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
three line stanza
Digression
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Shakespeare Sonnet
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
A play on words
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Damning with faint praise
Sestet
six line stanza
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Atmosphere
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Sonnet
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
