Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
A four line stanza
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Ellipsis
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Synaesthesia
Atmosphere
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
The dictionary definition of a word
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Parallel Structure
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Syntax
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Pun
A play on words
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
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
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
