Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Homophones
Quintet
a five line stanza
Euphemism
Syntax
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Diction
Tercet
three line stanza
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
End Rhyme
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Pedantry
Omitting conjunctions
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Pun
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
