Poetic Terms AP Literature Flashcards

4334756694	alliteration	the repetition of initial consonant sounds Example"Silence surged softly..."	0
4334756695	assonance	the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables Examples: "purple curtain," "young love"	1
4334756696	3. cacophony	the opposite of euphony; a harsh, unpleasant combination of sound. Cacophony may be an unconscious flaw, or it may be used consciously for effect, as Browning and Hardy often used it.	2
4334756697	4. consonance	the repetition in two or more words of final consonants in stressed syllables Example: "east and west"	3
4334756698	5. euphony	pleasing sounds. Opposite of cacophony.	4
4334756699	6. meter	a generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry	5
4334756700	7. Feet	are the individual building blocks of meter.	6
4334756701	8. What does an Iambic foot sound like	duh-DUH, as in "above"	7
4334756702	9. What does Anapest sound like	duh-duh-DUH as in "but of course"	8
4334756703	10. What does Dactyl sound like	DUH-duh-duh, as in "honestly"	9
4334756704	11. What does Trochee or trochaic sound like	DUH-duh, as in "pizza"	10
4334756705	12. How can poets build a line of verse	Stringing together feet: To build a line of verse, poets string together repetitions of one of1 foot: monometer2 feet: dimeter 3 feet: trimester 4 feet: tetrameter 5 feet: pentameter 6 feet: hexameter	11
4334756706	13. Iambic pentameter	duh-DUH (five iambic feet in one line...Shakespearean sonnets)	12
4334756707	14. rhyme	the repetition of sounds in two or more words or phrases that appear close to each other in a poem	13
4334756708	15. Approximate/slant rhyme	two words are alike in some sounds, but do not rhyme exactly (Example: now and know)	14
4334756709	16. End rhyme	occurring at the ends of lines (the most common type of rhyme)	15
4334756710	17. Internal rhyme	occurring within a line	16
4334756711	18. rhyme scheme	the pattern of end rhymes, labeled with capital letters for the purpose of analysis	17
4334756712	19. rhythm	the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables into a pattern	18
4334756713	20. ballad	a song or poem that tells a story of tragedy, adventure, betrayal, revenge, or jealousy	19
4334756714	21. blank verse	verse written in unrhymed, iambic pentameter	20
4334756715	22. dramatic monologue	a poem in which a character speaks to one or more listeners who remain silent or whose replies are not revealed	21
4334756716	23. elegy	a poem of mourning, usually over the death of an individual	22
4334756717	24. epic	a long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society	23
4334756718	25. epitaph	an inscription on a gravestone or a commemorative poem written as if it were for that purpose	24
4334756719	26. free verse	unrhymed poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter. It seeks to capture the rhythms of speech	25
4334756720	27. heroic couplet	2 lines of poetry that rhyme and are in iambic pentameter	26
4334756721	28. limerick	a humorous, rhyming five-line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme	27
4334756722	29. lyric poem	verse that expresses the personal observations and feelings of a single speaker	28
4334756723	30. narrative poem	a poem that tells a story	29
4334756724	31. ode	a complex and often lengthy lyric poem, written in a dignified formal style on some lofty or serious subject, addresses a subject Example ode to my coffee	30
4334756725	32. sonnet	a fourteen-line lyric poem usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter	31
4334756726	33. Shakespearean/English sonnet	a sonnet which consists of three quatrains and a couplet. The most common rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg.	32
4334756727	34. Petrarchan/Italian sonnet	a sonnet which consists of an octave and a sestet with the rhyme scheme being abbaabba cdecde. There is usually a pronounced tonal shift between the octave and sestet as well.	33
4334756728	35. sestina	a poem that consists of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy. It makes no use of refrain. The form is usually unrhymed; rather it has a fixed pattern of end-words which demands that these end-words in each stanza be the same, though arranged in a different sequence each time.	34
4334756729	36. villanelle	a poem that has 19 lines, 5 stanzas of three lines and 1 stanza of four lines with two rhymes and two refrains. The 1st, then the 3rd lines alternate as the last lines of stanzas 2,3,and 4, and then stanza 5 (the end) as a couplet. It is usually written in tetrameter (4 feet) or pentameter.	35
4334756730	37. caesura	(or cesura) A pause or break in a line of verse. Originally, in CLASSICAL literature, the caesura characteristically divides a FOOT between two words, usually near the middle of a line. Some poets, however, have sought diversity of rhythmical effect by placing the caesura anywhere from near the beginning of a line to near the end.	36
4334756731	38. closed form	must have rhyme and/or rhythm	37
4334756732	39. couplet	two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme. Heroic couplet is also in iambic pentameter.	38
4334756733	40. enjambment	the continuation of the sense and grammatical construction of a verse or couplet on to the next verse or couplet. In other words, the line is not end-stopped, but wraps around to the next line.	39
4334756734	41. inversion	a change in normal word order Example: "Something there is that doesn't love a wall" from Frost's "Mending Wall" makes more sense when you say "There is something that doesn't love a wall."	40
4334756735	42. open form	basically free verse, no rhyme or rhythm	41
4334756736	43. refrain	a word, phrase, line, or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem, usually at the end of each stanza	42
4334756737	44. stanza	a group of lines in a poem, considered as a unit, like a paragraph in prose Examples of types of stanzas Couplet, two lines that rhyme Tercet- 3 lines quatrain 4 lines, Cinquain- 5 lines, sestet 6 lines Septets- 7 lines, octaves 8 lines	43
4334756738	45. allusion	reference to a well-known person, text, historical event, etc. Example Shakespearean and Biblical allusions	44
4334756739	46. apostrophe	when an absent person, an abstract concept, or an important object is directly addressed.	45
4334756740	47. conceit	unconventional/unexpected metaphors	46
4334756741	48. metaphor	unexpected comparison between two unalike things	47
4334756742	49. extended metaphor	a metaphor carried throughout the text or poem	48
4334756743	50. personfication	giving human qualities to an inanimate object or force	49
4334756744	51. connotation	all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests	50
4334756745	52. denotation	dictionary definition of a word	51
4334756746	53. diction	word choice. To discuss a writer's diction is to consider the vocabulary used, the appropriateness of the words, the vividness of the language, and the accompanying connotations of a specific word choice	52
4334756747	54. metonymy	a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. Example: The soldier led with his gun.	53
4334756748	55. synechdoche	a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. Example: The soldier led with his gun.	54
4334756749	56. synaesthesia (also spelled synesthesia)	from the Greek (syn-) "union", and (aesthesis) "sensation"; is the mixing of the senses Examples: Sound that smells of Granny's brownies and tastes like the toil of a dancer.	55
4334756750	57. imagery	the descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader as well as any descriptions that appeal to the senses: sight (visual), hearing (auditory), touch (tactile), taste (gustatory), or smell (olfactory)	56
4334756751	58. figurative language	writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally (similes, metaphors, etc.)	57