Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Exact Rhyme
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Internal Rhyme
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Octave
8 line stanza
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Juxtaposition
Quintet
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Inexact/Slant Rhyme
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Quatrain
A four line stanza
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
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.
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
