Synecdoche
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Shakespeare Sonnet
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
End Rhyme
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Octave
Denouement
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Paradox
Caesurae
Epiphany
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Syncope
Tercet
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Chaismus
Pun
A play on words
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Free Verse
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Tone
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
