Damning with faint praise
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Caesurae
End Rhyme
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Diction
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Tercet
three line stanza
Balanced Sentences
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Anticlimax
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Quintet
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Colloquial
Atmosphere
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.
Uses words with identical end sound
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Syllogism
