Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Frozen!
Frozen!
Scansion
Quatrain A four line stanza
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Boost!
Boost!
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Dramatic Irony when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Boost!
Boost!
Denotation
Spenserian
Tone
Personification A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Syntax The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Frozen!
Frozen!
Metonymy
Synecdoche a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Parallelism similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Anticlimax a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Tercet three line stanza
End Rhyme A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Caesurae Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Damning with faint praise
Quintet a five line stanza
Anaphora Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Apostrophe
Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Frozen!
Frozen!
Euphemism
Uses words with identical end sound
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Parallelism similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Litotes
Digression a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Balanced Sentences
Internal Rhyme A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Frozen!
Frozen!
Juxtaposition
Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds
Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Scansion The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Repetition of vowel sounds
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Chaismus
Paradox
Sonnet a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times
Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions
Personification A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Oxymoron
Boost!
Boost!
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Denotation
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Incorrect!
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