Omitting conjunctions
Sonnet
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Tercet
three line stanza
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Pun
A play on words
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Repetition of vowel sounds
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
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
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
