AP Lang and 8th grade English duel

Apostrophe A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.

Paradox A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

Exact Rhyme Uses words with identical end sound

Syllepsis

Syntax

Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme

Damning with faint praise (fallacy) attacking a person by formally praising him/her, but for an achievement that should not be praised

Situational Irony An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

Digression a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

8 line stanza

Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions

A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line

Extended Metaphor

Diction

Synecdoche a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

Pun

Polysyndeton

These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.

Syllogism

Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds

Personification

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

Quintet

Repetition of vowel sounds

Colloquial

Quatrain A four line stanza

Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

Scansion The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain

Atmosphere

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

Balanced Sentences

Quintet a five line stanza

Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

Parallelism

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

Epistrophe

Motif (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.

Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times

Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

Dramatic Irony

Quatrain

Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence

Juxtaposition Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

End Rhyme A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line

A play on words

Metonymy A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it

Diction A writer's or speaker's choice of words

Shakespeare Sonnet The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg

Paradox

a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")

Synecdoche

A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed

These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.

Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions

A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers

six line stanza

Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds

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