AP Lang and 8th grade English duel

Diction

Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers

Antithesis

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

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

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

Couplet

Apostrophe

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

Syncope

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

Quatrain

Sestet six line stanza

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

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

Atmosphere

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

Oxymoron

Polysyndeton

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

Anaphora Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.

Paradox

Sonnet

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

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

Pun A play on words

Inexact/Slant Rhyme

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

Parallel Structure Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence

Ellipsis three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation

Atmosphere Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters

three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation

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

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

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

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

the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

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

Chaismus

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

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

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

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

Tercet three line stanza

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

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

Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds

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

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

Sestet six line stanza

Anaphora Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.

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

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

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

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

Octave 8 line stanza

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

A writer's or speaker's choice of words

Homophones

Couplet

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