Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Asyndeton
Denouement
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Pun
Synaesthesia
Octave
8 line stanza
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Antithesis
a five line stanza
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Paradox
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
