AP Lang and 8th grade English duel

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

Euphemism

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

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

Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds

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

Verbal irony

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.

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

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

Paradox

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

Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers

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

Omitting conjunctions

Ellipsis

Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times

Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

Exact Rhyme Uses words with identical end sound

A four line stanza

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

Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

Tercet three line stanza

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

Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds

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

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

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

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

Atmosphere

Shakespeare Sonnet

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

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

Anaphora Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.

A writer's or speaker's choice of words

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

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

Euphemism

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

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

six line stanza

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

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

Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers

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

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

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Inexact/Slant Rhyme

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

Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

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

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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

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

Verbal irony

Exact Rhyme

Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

8 line stanza

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.

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

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