Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Digression
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Metonymy
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Couplet
Tercet
three line stanza
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Octave
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
Ellipsis
Diction
Polysyndeton
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
A four line stanza
Synaesthesia
Oxymoron
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
six line stanza
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Apostrophe
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
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