Tercet
three line stanza
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Sonnet
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Epiphany
Quintet
a five line stanza
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.
Frozen!
Frozen!
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Boost!
Boost!
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Blank Verse
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Synecdoche
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Octave
8 line stanza
A play on words
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Repetition of vowel sounds
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Consonance
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Shakespeare Sonnet
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
a five line stanza
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.
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Tercet
three line stanza
Frozen!
Frozen!
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Anticlimax
Colloquial
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Paradox
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Atmosphere
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Dramatic Irony
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Duel!