AP Lang and 8th grade English duel

The dictionary definition of a word

Situational Irony

Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers

Free Verse

Quatrain A four line stanza

Tercet three line stanza

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Oxymoron

Uses words with identical end sound

Quintet

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

Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

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

Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds

Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

Syllepsis

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

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

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

Repetition of vowel sounds

Juxtaposition

Extended Metaphor

Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times

A play on words

six line stanza

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

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

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

Using the same conjunction lots of times

A four line stanza

Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds

Pun A play on words

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

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

Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions

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

Tercet three line stanza

Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

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

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

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

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

Sestet six line stanza

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

Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.

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

Octave 8 line stanza

Juxtaposition Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

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

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

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

Diction

Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds

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

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

Syntax

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