AP Lang and 8th grade English duel

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

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

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

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

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg

Syncope

Octave 8 line stanza

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Situational Irony

Quintet a five line stanza

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

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

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Tercet three line stanza

Denotation The dictionary definition of a word

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

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

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

Sonnet

Sestet six line stanza

Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers

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

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

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

Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions

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

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

Colloquial

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

Syncope

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

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

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

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

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.

Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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

Quintet

Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

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

Parallel Structure

Pun

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

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 writer's or speaker's choice of words

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

Scansion

Using the same conjunction lots of times

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

End Rhyme

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

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

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

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