Quatrain
A four line stanza
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Tercet
three line stanza
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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
Verbal irony
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Personification
Syllogism
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Syntax
Denouement
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Extended Metaphor
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
