Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Spenserian
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
Synecdoche
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters
Parallelism
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Euphemism
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Synaesthesia
three line stanza
Octave
Connotation
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Epistrophe
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Homophones
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Asyndeton
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Blank Verse
