Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Balanced Sentences
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Situational Irony
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Assonance
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Denotation
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Octave
8 line stanza
Syllepsis
Shakespeare Sonnet
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Scansion
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
three line stanza
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Quintet
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
