A writer's or speaker's choice of words
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Asyndeton
Omitting conjunctions
Blank Verse
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Repetition of vowel sounds
Shakespeare Sonnet
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Sestet
six line stanza
Uses words with identical end sound
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Atmosphere
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Digression
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Colloquial
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Tercet
three line stanza
Free Verse
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Chaismus
8 line stanza
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Quintet
a five line stanza
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
