Spenserian
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
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
