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AP Literature: Poetic Terms Flashcards

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6309335486Blank Verseunrhymed iambic pentameter0
6309335487Conceita fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor.1
6309335488Extended metaphorrefers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem2
6309335489Couplettwo lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.3
6309335490Heroic Coupleta pair of rhyming iambic pentameters.4
6309335491Enjambmentthe continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.5
6309335492End-Stopped lineoccurs when a line of poetry ends with a period or definite punctuation mark, such as a colon6

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