6309335486 | Blank Verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter | 0 | |
6309335487 | Conceit | a fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor. | 1 | |
6309335488 | Extended metaphor | refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem | 2 | |
6309335489 | Couplet | two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. | 3 | |
6309335490 | Heroic Couplet | a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters. | 4 | |
6309335491 | Enjambment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. | 5 | |
6309335492 | End-Stopped line | occurs when a line of poetry ends with a period or definite punctuation mark, such as a colon | 6 |
AP Literature: Poetic Terms Flashcards
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