Mood
Sestet
six line stanza
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
The dictionary definition of a word
Atmosphere
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Syntax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Sonnet
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Parallel Structure
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Motif
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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.
Damning with faint praise
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Omitting conjunctions
Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
A play on words
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Quatrain
A four line stanza
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Situational Irony
