Syncope
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
8 line stanza
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Asyndeton
Parallel Structure
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Sestet
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Quatrain
A four line stanza
End Rhyme
Tercet
Anaphora
Scansion
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
a five line stanza
Oxymoron
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
