Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Tercet
three line stanza
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
Verbal irony
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
a five line stanza
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Diction
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Octave
Homophones
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
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Antithesis
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Euphemism
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
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.
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Repetition of vowel sounds
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
