AP Lang and 8th grade English duel

Assonance

Antithesis

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

Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

Extended Metaphor

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

Omitting conjunctions

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

Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds

Denotation

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

Sestet

Atmosphere Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters

Dramatic Irony when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't

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

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

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

Litotes A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour

Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers

Parallel Structure

Balanced Sentences

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

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

A writer's or speaker's choice of words

Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.

Anaphora Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.

Tercet three line stanza

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

Quatrain

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

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

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

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

Quatrain

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

a five line stanza

Using the same conjunction lots of times

Motif

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

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

Octave

Synecdoche

Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

Pedantry (n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details

Internal Rhyme A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers

Parallelism similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

Juxtaposition

Anaphora

Litotes A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour

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

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

The dictionary definition of a word

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.

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

Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

Tone Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

Paradox

Spenserian A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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