Colloquial
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
Internal Rhyme
Connotation
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Denotation
a five line stanza
Denouement
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Free Verse
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Parallel Structure
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Parallelism
Spenserian
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Consonance
Dramatic Irony
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
