Spenserian
Frozen!
Frozen!
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Synaesthesia
Pedantry
Damning with faint praise (fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Personification A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Atmosphere Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Metonymy A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds
Octave 8 line stanza
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Balanced Sentences a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Boost!
Boost!
Euphemism An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Omitting conjunctions
Tercet three line stanza
Syllogism A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Situational Irony An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Uses words with identical end sound
Assonance
Denotation
Syntax The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Sonnet
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Anaphora Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Anticlimax a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Synecdoche a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Balanced Sentences a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Denouement
Frozen!
Frozen!
Inexact/Slant Rhyme It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Epiphany A moment of sudden revelation or insight
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Pedantry (n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Damning with faint praise
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Sestet six line stanza
Anticlimax a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Mood
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Boost!
Boost!
Ellipsis
Metonymy A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
End Rhyme
Juxtaposition Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Chaismus A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Frozen!
Frozen!
A play on words
Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Denotation
Couplet
Exact Rhyme
Syntax The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Tercet
Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Incorrect!
Incorrect!
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