when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Tercet
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Octave
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Damning with faint praise
Atmosphere
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Verbal irony
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Synecdoche
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
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
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Connotation
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Colloquial
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Asyndeton
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Homophones
Quatrain
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Syntax
Boost!
Boost!
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Sonnet
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Personification
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Octave
8 line stanza
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Anticlimax
Quintet
a five line stanza
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Free Verse
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Asyndeton
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Metonymy
Frozen!
Frozen!
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Duel!