Quatrain
A four line stanza
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.
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Diction
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Sestet
Oxymoron
Quintet
Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Pun
A play on words
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Asyndeton
Tone
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Synaesthesia
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Scansion
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
