Octave 8 line stanza
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Omitting conjunctions
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 that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Quatrain A four line stanza
Homophones
Synaesthesia the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Syntax The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Extended Metaphor A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Chaismus A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Syllepsis a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Atmosphere
Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Tone Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Situational Irony An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Damning with faint praise (fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Ellipsis three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Digression a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Epiphany
Assonance
Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Personification
Metonymy A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
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.
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Scansion The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
End Rhyme A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Spenserian A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Verbal irony A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Syncope cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Scansion The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Apostrophe A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions
Exact Rhyme
three line stanza
Dramatic Irony when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Sonnet a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Metonymy A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Diction A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Situational Irony An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Ellipsis three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Denouement
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Connotation an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Tone Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
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