Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Ellipsis
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
End Rhyme
8 line stanza
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Tercet
three line stanza
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Pun
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Consonance
six line stanza
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Parallelism
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
