Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Shakespeare Sonnet
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Denotation
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.
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Scansion
Polysyndeton
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Syllogism
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Sestet
six line stanza
Quintet
a five line stanza
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Pun
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Connotation
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Mood
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
