Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
End Rhyme
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Sestet
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Epistrophe
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Blank Verse
Parallel Structure
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Anticlimax
Denotation
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
A four line stanza
Tercet
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
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.
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Verbal irony
Juxtaposition
Spenserian
