Homophones
Parallel Structure
Quatrain
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
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
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Pun
A play on words
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Tercet
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Uses words with identical end sound
Syllogism
Octave
8 line stanza
Sestet
six line stanza
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Situational Irony
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Damning with faint praise
Apostrophe
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
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.
Oxymoron
Tone
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
