Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Boost!
Boost!
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
six line stanza
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Consonance
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Situational Irony
Frozen!
Frozen!
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Frozen!
Frozen!
Repetition of vowel sounds
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Euphemism
Quintet
a five line stanza
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Octave
8 line stanza
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Damning with faint praise
Pedantry
Euphemism
Boost!
Boost!
Synecdoche
The dictionary definition of a word
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
a five line stanza
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Frozen!
Frozen!
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Frozen!
Frozen!
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Antithesis
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Balanced Sentences
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Tercet
three line stanza
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Octave
Duel!