5303345534 | allegory | story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning | 0 | |
5303345535 | alliteration | beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words | 1 | |
5303345536 | allusion | indirect of passing reference | 2 | |
5303345537 | anaphora | repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning | 3 | |
5303345539 | apostrophe | figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character | 4 | |
5303345540 | approximate rhyme | words in rhyming pattern that sound alike | 5 | |
5303345542 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds | 6 | |
5303345543 | blank verse | poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme | 7 | |
5303345544 | cacophony | blend of unharmonious sounds | 8 | |
5303345545 | caesura | pause in the middle of a line | 9 | |
5303345546 | catharsis | the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse) | 10 | |
5303345555 | connotation | secondary meaning to a word | 11 | |
5303345556 | consonance | repetition of same consonant in words close together | 12 | |
5303345557 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse | 13 | |
5303345558 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 14 | |
5303345563 | double rhyme | rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn) | 15 | |
5303345565 | end rhyme | rhymes occurring at the end of line | 16 | |
5303345566 | end stopped line | line ending in regular punctuation | 17 | |
5303345567 | English sonnet | a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg | 18 | |
5303345569 | euphony | smooth choice and arrangement of sounds | 19 | |
5303345570 | extended figure | A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem. | 20 | |
5303345572 | feminine rhyme | lines rhymed by their final two syllables | 21 | |
5303345573 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. | 22 | |
5303345574 | figure of speech | a way of saying something other than the ordinary way | 23 | |
5303345575 | foot | basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables | 24 | |
5303345576 | form | external pattern or shape of a poem | 25 | |
5303345577 | free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme | 26 | |
5303345579 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 27 | |
5303345581 | internal rhyme | A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line | 28 | |
5303345582 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | 29 | |
5303345583 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 30 | |
5303345584 | dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. | 31 | |
5303345586 | italian sonnet | A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd | 32 | |
5303345587 | masculine rhyme | A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable | 33 | |
5303345589 | metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 34 | |
5303345590 | meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | 35 | |
5303345591 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 36 | |
5303345594 | octave | 8 line stanza | 37 | |
5303345595 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 38 | |
5303345596 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 39 | |
5303345597 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 40 | |
5303345598 | paradox | A contradiction or dilemma | 41 | |
5303345600 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 42 | |
5303345608 | quatrain | A four line stanza | 43 | |
5303345609 | rhythm | A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions. | 44 | |
5303345610 | rhyme scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem | 45 | |
5303345614 | scansion | Analysis of verse into metrical patterns | 46 | |
5303345615 | sestet | 6 line stanza | 47 | |
5303345617 | simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 48 | |
5303345619 | sonnet | 14 line poem | 49 | |
5303345620 | stanza | A group of lines in a poem | 50 | |
5303345622 | syllabic verse | Verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of feet per line. | 51 | |
5303345623 | symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else | 52 | |
5303345624 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 53 | |
5303345625 | synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") | 54 | |
5303345626 | tercet | 3 line stanza | 55 | |
5303345627 | terza rima | a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc. | 56 | |
5303345628 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 57 | |
5303345632 | understandment | the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis | 58 | |
5303345633 | verse | A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme | 59 | |
5303345634 | vilanelle | a nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the other tercets and with both repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain. | 60 |
Ocar AP Literature Poetry Terms Flashcards
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