the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Pedantry
Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Spenserian
Quintet
a five line stanza
Pun
A play on words
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Euphemism
Oxymoron
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Octave
8 line stanza
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Balanced Sentences
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Quatrain
A four line stanza
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Shakespeare Sonnet
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
