AP Lang and 8th grade English duel

Epistrophe Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.

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

the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another

Polysyndeton Using the same conjunction lots of times

Atmosphere Feeling or atmosphere that writer creates for the characters

Quatrain A four line stanza

Octave 8 line stanza

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

Litotes

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

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.

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

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

Apostrophe 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

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

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

Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence

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

Syllogism

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

Sestet six line stanza

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

Colloquial

Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

Parallelism similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

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

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

Asyndeton

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

Parallelism similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

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

Chaismus

Pun A play on words

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

Parallel Structure Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence

Asyndeton Omitting conjunctions

Tercet

Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

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

Exact Rhyme Uses words with identical end sound

Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

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.

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

Using the same conjunction lots of times

Quintet

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Mood Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the readers

Denotation The dictionary definition of a word

Sestet

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

Epiphany

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

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

Syncope

Repeating word patterns in the back, across sentences.

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

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

Syllepsis

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

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