Quintet
Octave
8 line stanza
Metonymy
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Diction
Anticlimax
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
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
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Epistrophe
the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
Motif
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Apostrophe
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
six line stanza
Parallelism
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Situational Irony
