Scansion
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Syllogism
Atmosphere
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Situational Irony
Omitting conjunctions
Digression
Sestet
six line stanza
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Couplet
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Anaphora
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Syllepsis
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Syntax
Shakespeare Sonnet
Quatrain
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
