Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Parallelism
Motif
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Paradox
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
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.
Quatrain
A four line stanza
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Oxymoron
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Damning with faint praise
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Quintet
a five line stanza
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Pedantry
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Situational Irony
Epistrophe
Pun
A play on words
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
