Ellipsis
Verbal irony
Octave
8 line stanza
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
Situational Irony
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Omitting conjunctions
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Homophones
These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
Anticlimax
Sonnet
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Syncope
cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Quatrain
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.
Denouement
Damning with faint praise
(fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Epistrophe
Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
