(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
The dictionary definition of a word
Parallel Structure
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Octave
Atmosphere
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
Juxtaposition
Oxymoron
Denouement
Repetition of vowel sounds
Sestet
six line stanza
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Epistrophe
Digression
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Blank Verse
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Connotation
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
