A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Sonnet
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
a five line stanza
Motif
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Verbal irony
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Blank Verse
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Octave
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Extended Metaphor
Shakespeare Sonnet
Exact Rhyme
Synaesthesia
Tercet
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Boost!
Boost!
Euphemism
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Frozen!
Frozen!
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Quintet
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Quatrain
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Omitting conjunctions
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Tercet
three line stanza
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.
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Sestet
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Boost!
Boost!
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Uses words with identical end sound
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Damning with faint praise
Scansion
Situational Irony
Digression
Frozen!
Frozen!
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Motif
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Duel!