a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Denotation
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
three line stanza
Sonnet
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Quintet
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Couplet
Consonance
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Anticlimax
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
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.
Chaismus
Octave
8 line stanza
Connotation
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Repetition of vowel sounds
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
