The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Syllogism
Extended Metaphor
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Euphemism
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Digression
Quintet
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
8 line stanza
Pedantry
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Tercet
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
