Litotes A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Syllepsis
Caesurae
Paradox A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Verbal irony A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Extended Metaphor A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Anaphora Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions
Personification A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Quatrain A four line stanza
Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds
Frozen!
Frozen!
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Sonnet a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Synaesthesia the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Pun
three line stanza
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Motif (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Damning with faint praise (fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Dramatic Irony when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Pedantry (n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Euphemism An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Syntax
Uses words with identical end sound
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Boost!
Boost!
Diction A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Dramatic Irony
Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Synaesthesia
Frozen!
Frozen!
Euphemism
Balanced Sentences
Verbal irony
Frozen!
Frozen!
Paradox A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
three line stanza
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Anticlimax a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Quatrain
Digression a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
8 line stanza
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Tone
Syllepsis a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Homophones These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Connotation an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Extended Metaphor
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Litotes A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Omitting conjunctions
Parallel Structure Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
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