Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Pun
A play on words
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Shakespeare Sonnet
Tercet
three line stanza
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Personification
Paradox
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Syntax
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Exact Rhyme
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Denouement
six line stanza
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
