Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Scansion
Paradox
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Couplet
Octave
Euphemism
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Tercet
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Assonance
Sestet
six line stanza
Uses words with identical end sound
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Pun
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Litotes
Balanced Sentences
a five line stanza
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
