| A | B |
|---|
| Meter | Pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables |
| Ode | Praising something divine or noble |
| Onamatopoetia | Sound like Splash |
| Oxymoron | Contradiction in words like fresh frozen |
| Paradox | Seems to contract, Deep examination reveals that it doesn't |
| Parallel Structure | Sentence with similar construction in the parts |
| Parody | Imitates style of another work, Amusing or mocking |
| Pastoral | Sheppards and rustic setting |
| Pathetic Fallacy | Non human object performs as though from human feeling or motivation |
| Pun | Word used to convey two meanings |
| Heroic Quatrain | 4 lines of poetry, ABAB rhyme |
| Rising Action | Start to the Climax |
| Romance | Tale of exciting adventure of chivalry and amorous adventure |
| Saga | Long story of heroic achievement, Series of incidents |
| Satire | Humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose people's stupidity or vices |
| Stressed Syllables | Higher pitch and slower speech, Emphasized part of word |
| Unstressed Syllables | De-emphasized part of word |
| Scansion | Examining meter of a work |
| Soliloquy | Character is alone, Speaks his or her thoughts aloud |
| Spondee | 2 or more successively placed accented syllables |
| Synecdoche | Part of something to represent the whole, Head meaning whole cow- 50 head of cattle |
| Synesthesia | One sense described with another sense, Blue buzzing bee |
| Trochee | Stressed + Unstressed Syllables |
| Understatement | Stated too mildly, 125 degree day saying it's warm out |
