Octave
8 line stanza
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Connotation
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Denotation
Sestet
six line stanza
Pun
A play on words
Tercet
three line stanza
Free Verse
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
Epiphany
Syllogism
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
