Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Shakespeare Sonnet
Denouement
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.
8 line stanza
Pun
Uses words with identical end sound
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Metonymy
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Sestet
six line stanza
Ellipsis
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
