5127934376 | Blank Verse | Un-rhyming verse written with 10 syllables in each line. Pattern of unstressed syllables and streessed syllables. | 0 | |
5127934377 | Cadence | The speed of the poem; the rhythm or musical elements of it | 1 | |
5127934378 | Conceit | A metaphor that has been extended with a logic of high complexity during a passage or entire poem | 2 | |
5127934379 | Enjambment | "Sentences" contained in the poem, but the poem itself uses no punctuation. | 3 | |
5127934380 | Free Verse | Poetry that doesn't rhyme | 4 | |
5127934381 | Metric Foot | Makes up the rhythm of stressed and unstressed beats. | 5 | |
5127934382 | Iamb | An unaccounted syllable which is followed by an accented syllable. | 6 | |
5127934383 | Trochee | One stressed syllable followed by one that is not stressed. | 7 | |
5127934384 | Anapest | Two unstressed syllables followed by an unstressed one. | 8 | |
5127934385 | Dactyl | One stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables | 9 | |
5127934386 | Spondee | A pattern of two stressed syllables | 10 | |
5127934387 | Monometer | A verse that is not commonly used in which each line contains a single metrical unit. | 11 | |
5127934388 | Diameter | A line of a poem that has 2 feet | 12 | |
5127934389 | Trimeter | A line of a poem that has 3 feet. | 13 | |
5127934390 | Tetrameter | A line of a poem that has 4 feet | 14 | |
5127934391 | Pentameter | A line of a poem that has 5 feet | 15 | |
5127934392 | Hexameter | A line of a poem that has 6 feet | 16 | |
5127934393 | Caesura | Marks were a long pause is in a line or poetry. | 17 | |
5127934394 | Ellipsis | Series of periods that indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or section. | 18 | |
5127934395 | Dash | Adds emphasis, an interruption, or abrupt change of thought. | 19 | |
5127934396 | Accent | Stress put on a certain syllable that is a noun. | 20 | |
5127934397 | Stressed | Syllables that are pronounced slightly louder. | 21 | |
5127934398 | Unstressed | Not as loud as stressed syllables. A normal tone. | 22 | |
5127934399 | Repetition | Repeats the same words or phrases a few times intentionally. | 23 | |
5127934400 | Refrain | Like the chorus of a song, it is repeated. | 24 | |
5127934401 | Anaphora | Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of a section | 25 | |
5127934402 | Epiphora | A word or phrase is repeated at the end of a clause. | 26 | |
5127934403 | Slant | A rhyme that isn't really a rhyme. Like 'dear' and 'door' | 27 | |
5127934404 | Internal | Words in the same line that rhyme. | 28 | |
5127934405 | End | Endings of each line that rhyme exactly. | 29 |
AP Literature Vocab Flashcards
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