three line stanza
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Octave
8 line stanza
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Pun
A play on words
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Epiphany
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Litotes
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
