Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Litotes
Apostrophe
Tercet
three 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
Damning with faint praise
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Octave
8 line stanza
Juxtaposition
Colloquial
Assonance
Anaphora
Synaesthesia
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Parallelism
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Dramatic Irony
Antithesis
Parallel Structure
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
