AP Lang and 8th grade English duel

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.

Epiphany

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

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

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

Quatrain A four line stanza

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

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

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

Repetition of vowel sounds

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

Exact Rhyme Uses words with identical end sound

Verbal irony

Ellipsis

Consonance

Homophones

Tone

Situational Irony

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

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

Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.

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

Couplet

Internal Rhyme

Quintet a five line stanza

Atmosphere Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters

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

Colloquial

a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

Parallelism

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

Personification

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

Free Verse

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

Quintet a five line stanza

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

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

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

Digression

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

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

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

Exact Rhyme

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

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

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

Litotes

A play on words

Tercet three line stanza

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

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

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

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

Damning with faint praise

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

Atmosphere

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

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