Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Paradox
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
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Couplet
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Atmosphere
Denotation
Pedantry
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Blank Verse
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
a five line stanza
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Scansion
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
three line stanza
8 line stanza
Antithesis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
