Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Syntax
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Extended Metaphor
Diction
Pun
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Verbal irony
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Quintet
a five line stanza
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Digression
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Tercet
three line stanza
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Sonnet
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
