Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Digression
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Metonymy
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Couplet
Tercet
three line stanza
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Octave
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
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.
Ellipsis
Diction
Polysyndeton
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
A four line stanza
Synaesthesia
Oxymoron
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
six line stanza
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Apostrophe
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Syllogism
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Extended Metaphor
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Scansion
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Octave
8 line stanza
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Syncope
Exact Rhyme
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Tercet
three line stanza
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Dramatic Irony
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Digression
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Repetition of vowel sounds
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Shakespeare Sonnet
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Duel!