Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Anaphora
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Metonymy
Extended Metaphor
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
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.
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Syncope
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
A four line stanza
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Connotation
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Sestet
six line stanza
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Free Verse
Paradox
Pun
A play on words
Repetition of vowel sounds
Scansion
