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 |