Assonance
Internal Rhyme
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Chaismus
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Ellipsis
six line stanza
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
a five line stanza
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
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.
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Pedantry
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Personification
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Pun
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
