Couplet
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
8 line stanza
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Pun
A play on words
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Exact Rhyme
Paradox
The dictionary definition of a word
Quintet
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
three line stanza
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Diction
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
A four line stanza
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
