Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Ellipsis
Parallel Structure Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Boost!
Boost!
Sestet six line stanza
Parallelism similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
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
Epiphany A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Quatrain A four line stanza
Caesurae Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Connotation an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Metonymy A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Tercet three line stanza
End Rhyme
Homophones These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Consonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Situational Irony An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Euphemism An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Syntax The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Oxymoron A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Juxtaposition
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Ellipsis three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Frozen!
Frozen!
Free Verse
Polysyndeton
Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Asyndeton
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Boost!
Boost!
Scansion The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Boost!
Boost!
Litotes A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Diction
Caesurae Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
End Rhyme
Connotation an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
A four line stanza
Personification A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Paradox A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Uses words with identical end sound
Repetition of consonant sounds
Extended Metaphor A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Denouement
Apostrophe A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Spenserian A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Syntax The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Pedantry
Sonnet
Euphemism An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Tone Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
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