Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Atmosphere
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Assonance
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Apostrophe
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Pun
A play on words
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.
Spenserian
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Tone
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Repetition of consonant sounds
Denotation
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
