Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Quatrain
A four line stanza
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
Litotes
Octave
8 line stanza
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Pedantry
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
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.
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Epistrophe
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Asyndeton
Repetition of vowel sounds
Extended Metaphor
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Free Verse
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Homophones
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
