Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Extended Metaphor
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Chaismus
Boost!
Boost!
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Denouement
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Blank Verse
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Quintet
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Dramatic Irony
Tercet
three line stanza
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Boost!
Boost!
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Frozen!
Frozen!
Sestet
six line stanza
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Sonnet
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Boost!
Boost!
Pedantry
Frozen!
Frozen!
Consonance
a five line stanza
Assonance
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
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
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Shakespeare Sonnet
Polysyndeton
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Duel!