AP Lang and 8th grade English duel

Epiphany A moment of sudden revelation or insight

8 line stanza

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

End Rhyme

Euphemism

Tone

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

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

Tercet

Balanced Sentences

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

Litotes

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

Sestet six line stanza

Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times

Inexact/Slant Rhyme

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

Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers

Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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

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

Anticlimax

a five line stanza

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

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

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

Colloquial

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

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

Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.

Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions

Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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

Syntax

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

Sestet six line stanza

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

Couplet

Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.

Tercet

Internal Rhyme

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

Scansion

a five line stanza

Using the same conjunction lots of times

the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

Homophones

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

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

Parallel Structure

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

A four line stanza

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

Verbal irony

Sonnet

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

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

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