A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Caesurae
Anaphora
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Shakespeare Sonnet
Motif
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
Situational Irony
Homophones
Verbal irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
A play on words
Parallel Structure
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
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.
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers
8 line stanza
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
