AP Lang and 8th grade English duel

Juxtaposition

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

Quintet a five line stanza

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

Denotation The dictionary definition of a word

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

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

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

Synecdoche

Assonance

A four line stanza

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.

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

Synaesthesia

Tercet three line stanza

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

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

Euphemism

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

Digression

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

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

Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

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

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

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

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

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

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

Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Homophones

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

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

Damning with faint praise

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

Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds

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

Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds

Epiphany A moment of sudden revelation or insight

Synaesthesia

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

Asyndeton

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

six line stanza

Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

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.

Juxtaposition

Litotes

Tercet three line stanza

Pun

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

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

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

Verbal irony

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

Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times

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

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

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