Sestet
six line stanza
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
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
Diction
Octave
8 line stanza
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
A four line stanza
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Litotes
Blank Verse
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Anticlimax
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Balanced Sentences
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Quintet
a five line stanza
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Denouement
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.
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
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.
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Colloquial
