AP Lang and 8th grade English duel

Connotation an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Syncope cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.

Homophones

Sestet six line stanza

End Rhyme

A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast

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

Consonance

Pedantry

Octave 8 line stanza

Parallel Structure

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

Litotes

Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds

Anticlimax a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

Denouement

Quintet

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

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

Synecdoche

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

Pun A play on words

Tercet three line stanza

Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.

Caesurae

Polysyndeton

Euphemism An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters

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

Anaphora Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.

Dramatic Irony

Scansion

Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds

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

Synaesthesia the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

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

cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every.

Oxymoron

Epiphany

Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

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

the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

Litotes

Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times

Octave 8 line stanza

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

Parallel Structure

Denouement the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.

Atmosphere Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters

A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.

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

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

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

Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.

Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions

Syllogism

Denotation

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

A play on words

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