Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Tercet
three line stanza
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.
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Consonance
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Sestet
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Mood
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Verbal irony
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
A four line stanza
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Asyndeton
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Uses words with identical end sound
Extended Metaphor
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Quintet
Repetition of vowel sounds
Pedantry
