Dramatic Irony
Frozen!
Frozen!
Epiphany A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Juxtaposition
Parallel Structure Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Internal Rhyme
Parallelism
Tone Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Digression a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
End Rhyme
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Verbal irony
Boost!
Boost!
Mood
Anticlimax
Polysyndeton
Sestet six line stanza
Boost!
Boost!
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Metonymy
Situational Irony An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Sonnet a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Scansion
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Extended Metaphor A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
a five line stanza
Anaphora Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Octave
Situational Irony
Frozen!
Frozen!
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Frozen!
Frozen!
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Diction A writer's or speaker's choice of words
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Atmosphere Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Assonance
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds
Motif (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Uses words with identical end sound
six line stanza
Polysyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Chaismus
Denotation The dictionary definition of a word
Boost!
Boost!
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Tone Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Boost!
Boost!
A four line stanza
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Pun
Colloquial
Anaphora Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Sonnet a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Quintet a five line stanza
Syncope cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Free Verse Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
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