Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Juxtaposition
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Sestet
six line stanza
Shakespeare Sonnet
Motif
Paradox
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Metonymy
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Diction
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Antithesis
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Litotes
Assonance
Quintet
a five line stanza
Colloquial
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Parallel Structure
Euphemism
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Damning with faint praise
