Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
three line stanza
A play on words
Polysyndeton
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Chaismus
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Asyndeton
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Oxymoron
Synaesthesia
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Assonance
Litotes
Syllogism
Parallelism
Digression
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Synecdoche
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
A four line stanza
Homophones
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
