Litotes A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Frozen!
Frozen!
Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Anaphora Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Diction A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Pedantry (n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
8 line stanza
Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Denotation The dictionary definition of a word
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
Juxtaposition Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Couplet
Balanced Sentences a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Quatrain
Synecdoche
Apostrophe
Syncope cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times
Boost!
Boost!
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
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 figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Boost!
Boost!
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Epiphany A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Anticlimax a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Connotation
Synaesthesia
Frozen!
Frozen!
Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions
Frozen!
Frozen!
Syntax The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Quatrain A four line stanza
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Digression a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Synecdoche a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Chaismus A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Metonymy A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Connotation an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times
Colloquial
Inexact/Slant Rhyme It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Pun A play on words
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.
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Boost!
Boost!
Tercet three line stanza
Extended Metaphor A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Boost!
Boost!
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Internal Rhyme A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Sestet six line stanza
Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
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