Pun
A play on words
A four line stanza
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Paradox
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
Quintet
a five line stanza
Sestet
Tercet
Diction
Colloquial
Digression
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Free Verse
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Motif
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Chaismus
Mood
