6704665789 | Masculine Rhyme | rhyme of a single stressed syllable (blow | flow) | 0 | |
6704665790 | Feminine Rhyme | rhyme of 2 or 3 syllables- 1st syllable is stressed (shocking | stocking) | 1 | |
6704665791 | Internal Rhyme | created by words within the same line | 2 | |
6704665792 | Enjambment | run-on without syntactical break (the sentence/idea continues on to the next line) | 3 | |
6704665793 | Rhyme Scheme | pattern of rhymes used in a poem | 4 | |
6704665794 | Near/Slant Rhyme | words with similar but not identical sounds | 5 | |
6704665795 | End Rhyme | rhyme between end syllables in lines of poetry | 6 | |
6704665796 | Eye Rhyme | looks like it should rhyme, but doesn't (love | move) | 7 | |
6704665797 | Onomatopoeia | word imitating a sound | 8 | |
6704665798 | Alliteration | identical consonants of stressed syllables in a word group | 9 | |
6704665799 | Assonance | resemblance of sounds; "vowel rhyme" | 10 | |
6704665800 | Consonance | harmony of consonant sounds | 11 | |
6704665801 | Cacophony | harsh clashing of sounds | 12 | |
6704665802 | Euphony | pleasing sound | 13 | |
6704665803 | Sonnet | iambic pentameter; 14 lines | 14 | |
6704665804 | Petrarchan/Italian Sonnet | a sonnet with a rhyme scheme of an octave (ABBA ABBA), then a sestet (CDECDE or CDCDCD) | 15 | |
6704665805 | Shakespearean/English Sonnet | a sonnet with a rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG (that GG is a heroic couplet, homie) | 16 | |
6704665806 | Villanelle | written in tercets, followed by final quatrain, based on two rhymes | 17 | |
6704665807 | Ode | lyrical poem | 18 | |
6704665808 | Lyric | composed to be sung | 19 | |
6704665809 | Free Verse | no fixed meter | 20 | |
6704665810 | Blank Verse | unrhymed verse | 21 | |
6704665811 | Epic | extensive poem | 22 | |
6704665812 | Ballad | sentimental or romantic; adapted to a melody | 23 | |
6704665813 | Pastoral | positive characteristics of rural life | 24 | |
6867103489 | Alexandrine | a line with six iambic feet (12 syllables) | 25 | |
6867105884 | Royal Rhyme | A stanza with seven lines, written in iambic pentameter: ABA-BB-CC | 26 | |
6867110940 | Heroic Couplet | a rhyming couple of lines in iambic pentameter | 27 | |
6867114522 | Bildungsroman | A coming of age story, it's a German word referring to a novel structured as a series of events that take place as the hero travels in quest of a goal | 28 |
AP Literature: Poetry Terms II Flashcards
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