Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Syllogism
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Tercet
three line stanza
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
A play on words
Quintet
a five line stanza
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Spenserian
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
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.
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
six line stanza
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Internal Rhyme
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Balanced Sentences
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Atmosphere
