Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Sestet
Tone
A play on words
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Synecdoche
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
three line stanza
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Free Verse
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Syncope
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Consonance
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Synaesthesia
