Diction A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Exact Rhyme Uses words with identical end sound
Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Quatrain A four line stanza
Anaphora Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Balanced Sentences
Juxtaposition Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Situational Irony
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Assonance
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Atmosphere Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Denotation
Sonnet a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Octave 8 line stanza
Syllepsis
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
Scansion
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
End Rhyme A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
three line stanza
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
Quintet
Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds
Synecdoche a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Ellipsis three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Tercet three line stanza
Free Verse Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Paradox
Atmosphere Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Epiphany
Diction
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Syntax
Pedantry
Syllepsis
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds
Anticlimax a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Synecdoche
Digression a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Quintet a five line stanza
Chaismus A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
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.
Balanced Sentences a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Frozen!
Frozen!
Extended Metaphor A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Apostrophe A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
Octave 8 line stanza
Metonymy
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Caesurae Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Internal Rhyme A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Sestet six line stanza
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
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