Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Euphemism
Tone
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Quatrain
Octave
8 line stanza
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Quintet
Digression
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Syncope
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
A play on words
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Mood
Denotation
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
three line stanza
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
