Inexact/Slant Rhyme
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Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Exact Rhyme Uses words with identical end sound
Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Denotation The dictionary definition of a word
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Frozen!
Frozen!
Sonnet a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Sestet six line stanza
Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Quatrain A four line stanza
Verbal irony
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Metonymy A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Parallel Structure Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Euphemism An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Frozen!
Frozen!
Ellipsis three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Pun A play on words
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Anaphora
Octave 8 line stanza
Pedantry (n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Epiphany A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Apostrophe A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Atmosphere Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Boost!
Boost!
Quintet a five line stanza
Tercet three line stanza
Euphemism
Sonnet a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Frozen!
Frozen!
Situational Irony An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Epiphany A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times
Anaphora Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions
Free Verse
Syllepsis a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Anticlimax a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Chaismus A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Frozen!
Frozen!
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Metonymy A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Apostrophe
Motif (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Spenserian
Damning with faint praise
Synecdoche a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Consonance
Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Octave 8 line stanza
Juxtaposition Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Parallelism similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
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