AP Lang and 8th grade English duel

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

Paradox

Atmosphere Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters

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

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

Quatrain

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

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

Octave 8 line stanza

Extended Metaphor

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

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

Scansion

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

Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds

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

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

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

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

Diction A writer's or speaker's choice of words

Anaphora Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.

Blank Verse

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

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers

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

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

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

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

Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Diction

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

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

Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

Mood

Synecdoche

Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

Syntax

Polysyndeton

Exact Rhyme

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

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

Sestet six line stanza

Couplet

Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters

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

A play on words

Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions

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

Repetition of consonant sounds

a five 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.

three line stanza

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

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

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

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

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

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

End this game?