Connotation an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Digression a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Situational Irony An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Personification A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Scansion
Paradox
Metonymy A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Couplet
Octave
Euphemism
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Tercet
Caesurae Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Assonance
Sestet six line stanza
Uses words with identical end sound
Apostrophe A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Pun
Oxymoron A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Anticlimax a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Litotes
Balanced Sentences
a five line stanza
Syllogism A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Homophones These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Homophones These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Frozen!
Frozen!
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
8 line stanza
Syllogism
a five line stanza
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Tercet three line stanza
Balanced Sentences a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Tone Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Synecdoche a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Blank Verse
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Parallel Structure Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Spenserian
Metonymy A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Boost!
Boost!
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Pun A play on words
Shakespeare Sonnet
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
Boost!
Boost!
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds
Apostrophe
Epiphany
Juxtaposition Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
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