a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Metonymy
Quintet
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Caesurae
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Sonnet
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Quatrain
A four line stanza
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Connotation
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Anaphora
Octave
8 line stanza
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Epiphany
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
