Anaphora
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
The dictionary definition of a word
Digression a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Quatrain
a five line stanza
Syllogism
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Internal Rhyme A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds
8 line stanza
Parallel Structure
Sestet six line stanza
Situational Irony An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
End Rhyme
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Apostrophe A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Motif
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Parallelism similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Caesurae Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Euphemism An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
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 five line stanza
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Verbal irony A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Digression a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Syncope cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Anticlimax a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
six line stanza
Paradox
Homophones
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions
Damning with faint praise (fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Syllepsis
Exact Rhyme Uses words with identical end sound
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
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.
Consonance
Synecdoche a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
A play on words
Atmosphere Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Repetition of vowel sounds
Parallel Structure Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Litotes A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
End Rhyme A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Dramatic Irony when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Euphemism An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
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