Antithesis
Polysyndeton
Free Verse
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")
Syllogism
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
The dictionary definition of a word
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
three line stanza
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Pun
A play on words
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
six line stanza
Denouement
Octave
8 line stanza
Mood
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
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Motif
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
