Author name: JJ Pryor

A zeugma is a rhetorical device used in poetry to combine two words or phrases that have a shared meaning, often […]

Meter is a rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that gives poetry its structure. It‘s like a beat that drives

Repetition, or epistrophe, is when you use the same words or phrases more than once in your writing. It can be

An apostrophe in writing is when you want to talk to a non–existent entity in a poem, like death, love,

Enjambment is a fancy word for when a sentence in a poem doesn‘t end at the end of a line,

Metonymy and Synecdoche are two closely related literary devices that are essential for writing poetry. Metonymy is a figure of

Rhyme is a type of writing style where words with similar sounds and endings are used together to create a pleasing

Ekphrasis is a type of writing that is created to evoke the visual appearance of a piece of art or

Onomatopoeia is a fun and silly way of writing words that imitate the sound they represent. For example, “buzz,” “sizzle,” and

A pun is a type of play on words that creates a humorous effect by substituting one word for another