Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Tercet
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Metonymy
Spenserian
a five line stanza
Blank Verse
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Repetition of consonant sounds
Syllogism
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Quatrain
Atmosphere
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Using the same conjunction lots of times
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Connotation
