AP Lang and 8th grade English duel

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

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

Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds

Repetition of consonant sounds

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

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

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

Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence

Verbal irony

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

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

Using the same conjunction lots of times

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

End Rhyme

Syllogism

Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

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

Anaphora

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

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 play on words

Epiphany A moment of sudden revelation or insight

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

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

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

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

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

Antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

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

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

Personification

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

Quintet a five line stanza

A four line stanza

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

Mood

Polysyndeton

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

Tercet

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

six line stanza

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

Couplet

Exact Rhyme

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

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

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

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

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

Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.

Verbal irony

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

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

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

A play on words

Motif

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

Colloquial Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing

the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

Damning with faint praise

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