AP Lang and 8th grade English duel

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

Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions

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.

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers

Atmosphere Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters

Connotation

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

Digression a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

Epiphany

Oxymoron

Assonance

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

Quatrain A four line stanza

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

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

Denotation The dictionary definition of a word

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

Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

Quintet a five line stanza

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

End Rhyme

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

Exact Rhyme

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

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

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

Chaismus

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

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

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

Parallelism

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

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

Synecdoche

Consonance

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.

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

Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions

Digression a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

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

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

Anaphora Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.

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

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

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

Exact Rhyme

Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

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

six line stanza

Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

Atmosphere Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters

Parallel Structure

Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

Caesurae 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.

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

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

Balanced Sentences

Euphemism

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