AP Lang and 8th grade English duel

Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions

Quatrain

Pedantry

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

Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds

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

Octave 8 line stanza

Quintet a five line stanza

Homophones

Balanced Sentences

Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

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

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

Apostrophe

Epiphany A moment of sudden revelation or insight

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

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

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

three line stanza

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

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

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

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

Denotation

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.

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

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

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

Euphemism

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

Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times

Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.

Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds

Motif

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

Colloquial

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

Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence

Pedantry

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

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

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

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

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

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

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

Parallelism

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

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

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

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

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

Pun

Metonymy

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

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

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

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

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