Connotation
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
three line stanza
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Antithesis
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
8 line stanza
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
a five line stanza
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Verbal irony
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
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Repetition of vowel sounds
Denouement
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
