Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Homophones
Quintet
a five line stanza
Euphemism
Syntax
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Diction
Tercet
three line stanza
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
End Rhyme
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Pedantry
Omitting conjunctions
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Sestet
Boost!
Boost!
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
8 line stanza
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
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
Parallelism
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Frozen!
Frozen!
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Chaismus
Quintet
a five line stanza
Tercet
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Spenserian
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Frozen!
Frozen!
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Juxtaposition
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Pedantry
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
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.
Duel!