Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Dramatic Irony
Ellipsis
Octave
8 line stanza
Consonance
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Syllogism
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
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.
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Pun
A play on words
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Diction
A four line stanza
Motif
Spenserian
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
six line stanza
Apostrophe
