Digression
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
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
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Scansion
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Synaesthesia
Chaismus
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Asyndeton
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Octave
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Sestet
six line stanza
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.
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Polysyndeton
Pun
A play on words
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
