Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Syllepsis
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
six line stanza
Omitting conjunctions
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Exact Rhyme
Sonnet
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Connotation
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Apostrophe
Anticlimax
Oxymoron
