Exact Rhyme
Frozen!
Frozen!
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Paradox
Free Verse
Internal Rhyme A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Boost!
Boost!
Chaismus
Extended Metaphor A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Parallelism similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Syllogism A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
three line stanza
Homophones
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Sonnet a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Anticlimax 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
End Rhyme A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Boost!
Boost!
Pedantry
Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Tone Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Synaesthesia the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Juxtaposition
Connotation an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Frozen!
Frozen!
Inexact/Slant Rhyme It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Pedantry (n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Metonymy
Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Anticlimax
Atmosphere Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Syntax The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Denotation
Extended Metaphor A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Boost!
Boost!
Octave 8 line stanza
Sestet
Sonnet
Litotes A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Ellipsis three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Parallel Structure Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Syllepsis
Quintet
Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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 play on words
Scansion
Spenserian
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Boost!
Boost!
Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Diction
Synecdoche a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
End Rhyme A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
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