Homophones These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Balanced Sentences
Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Exact Rhyme Uses words with identical end sound
Blank Verse
Quintet a five line stanza
Shakespeare Sonnet
Connotation an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
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.
Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Syllepsis a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Syntax The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times
Euphemism An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Ellipsis three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Oxymoron A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Octave 8 line stanza
Tone Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Pedantry (n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds
Damning with faint praise
Dramatic Irony when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Tercet three line stanza
The dictionary definition of a word
Blank Verse
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Syllogism
Oxymoron
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
End Rhyme A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Caesurae
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
Exact Rhyme Uses words with identical end sound
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Ellipsis three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
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.
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Synecdoche a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Antithesis
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Consonance
Verbal irony
Epistrophe
Damning with faint praise (fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Syncope cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
A four line stanza
Pun A play on words
Tone
Spenserian A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Denotation The dictionary definition of a word
Sestet
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