Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Sestet
six line stanza
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Free Verse
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
Syllogism
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Parallel Structure
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
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.
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Pun
A play on words
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Extended Metaphor
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Syntax
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Anaphora
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Balanced Sentences
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Quatrain
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
