Exact Rhyme
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Internal Rhyme
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Denouement
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.
Euphemism
Tercet
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Chaismus
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Pedantry
Sestet
six line stanza
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Omitting conjunctions
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Consonance
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Polysyndeton
Using the same conjunction lots of times
