front 1 Apostrophe | back 1 an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) or thing (typically one that is personified). |
front 2 Soliloquy | back 2 an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. |
front 3 Aside | back 3 a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play. |
front 4 Enjambment | back 4 the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. |
front 5 Sonnet | back 5 a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. |
front 6 Metonymy | back 6 the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing |
front 7 Narrative Poetry | back 7 a form of poetry that is used to tell a story. The poet combines elements of storytelling—like plot, setting, and characters—with elements of poetry, such as form, meter, rhyme, and poetic devices. |
front 8 Lyric Poetry | back 8 refers to a short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses the speaker’s personal emotions and feelings |
front 9 Prose | back 9 a style used that does not follow a structure of rhyming or meter. |
front 10 Poetry | back 10 literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature. |
front 11 Aphorism | back 11 a short saying that serves to express a truth in a memorable and quippy way |
front 12 Satire | back 12 the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues |