Epiphany
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Ellipsis
Homophones
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Oxymoron
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Tercet
Sestet
six line stanza
Quintet
a five line stanza
Litotes
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Polysyndeton
Assonance
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Octave
8 line stanza
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Uses words with identical end sound
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
