Wild Card
Stanza with 7 lines
Septet
Use of words to describe things, actions, or ideas through sensory description
Imagery
monometer
Run on line continuing into the next without a grammatical break
enjambment
Writing technique that gives readers clues about events to come.
foreshadowing
2 sets of any metrical foot
dimeter
Reference to an outside fact, event, person, or place
allusion
pentameter
Repetition of two or more vowel sounds within a line
Assonance
Author's choice of words
diction
Stanza with 8 lines
octet or octave
Statement which appears contradictory, but underlines a basis of truth in some way
Four sets of any metrical feet
Tetrameter
Repetition of one or more initial sounds, usually consonants, within a line
alliteration
Central character in a story
protagonist
Rhyme in which only the last, accented syllable of the rhyming words corresponds exactly in sound; most common kind of end rhyme.
single rhyme or masculine rhyme
Use of one object to suggest something else.
symbol (Ex. dove=peace)
Eight sets f any metrical feet
octameter
Use of compatible, harmonious sounds to produce a pleasant, melodious effect
euphony
Major kinds of conflict
Character v. Self
Character v. Character
Character v. society
Character v. nature
Old spelling of rhyme, the repetition of sounds at regular intervals.
R-I-M-E
Contradictory terms brought together
Oxymoron ("feather of lead")
Seven sets of any metrical feet.
Heptameter
Extended metaphor
Traditional/ common thematic patterns in a story
good v. evil; nature v. civilization; individual v. community; country v. city; free will v. fate