AP Lang and 8th grade English duel

Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds

Shakespeare Sonnet

Atmosphere Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds

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

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

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

Oxymoron

Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.

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

Pun

Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.

Quintet

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

Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

A four line stanza

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers

8 line stanza

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

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

Tercet

six line stanza

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

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

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

Synecdoche

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

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

six line stanza

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

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

Using the same conjunction lots of times

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

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

Apostrophe

Exact Rhyme

Quintet

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

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

Quatrain A four line stanza

Tercet

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

Antithesis

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

Diction

Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

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

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

Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

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

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

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

Sonnet

Epiphany

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

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

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

Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.

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