Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Pun
A play on words
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Quatrain
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Exact Rhyme
Caesurae
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Octave
8 line stanza
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
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Litotes
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Repetition of vowel sounds
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
