Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
three line stanza
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Litotes
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Quintet
a five line stanza
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Epistrophe
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
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.
Mood
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Motif
Chaismus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Syncope
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Spenserian
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
