AP Literature Poetry Terms Flashcards

5992704012	Alliteration	The repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds, normally at beginnings of words "Gnus never know pneumonia"	0
5992713004	Allusion	A reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work.	1
5992717937	Antithesis	A figure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences, or ideas, as in "Man proposes; God disposes" or the balancing of one term against another for emphasis or stylistic effectiveness	2
5992727953	Apostrophe	A figure of speech in which someone (usually, but not always absent), some abstract quality or a nonexistent personage is directly addressed as though present "Papa Above!" "Regard a Mouse."	3
5992739384	Assonance	The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds. "A land laid waste with all its young men slain" repeats the same "a" sound in "laid, waste, and slain"	4
5992755740	Ballad Meter	A four-line stanza rhymed (abcb) with four feet in lines one and three feet in lines two and four	5
5992793534	Blank Verse	Unrhymed iambic pentameter. This is the meter of most Shakespeare's plays, as well as that of Milton's Paradise Lost "my Grave is Like to Be my WEDding Bed"	6
5992815740	Cacophony	A harsh, unpleasant combination of sounds or tones. "Irks care the crop-full bird? Frets doubt the maw-crammed beast?"	7
5992829894	Caesura	a pause, usually near the middle of a line of verse, usually indicated by the sense of the line, and often greater than the normal pause "To err is human, to forget divine"	8
5992836739	Conceit	An ingenious and fanciful notion or conception, usually expressed through an elaborated analogy, and pointing to striking parallel between two seemingly dissimilar things. It may be a BRIEF METAPHOR, but it also may form the framework of an entire poem.	9
5992859685	Consonance	The repetition of similar consonant sounds in a group of words. The term usually refers to words in which the ending consonants are the same but the vowels that precede them are different. "add and "read"	10
5992871129	Couplet	A two line stanza, usually with end-rhymes the same. "Blessed are you whose worthiness gives scope,/Being had, to triumph; being lacked, to hope."	11
5992879853	Devices of sound	The techniques of deploying the sound of words, especially in poetry. Among them are Rhyme, Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, and Onomatopoeia.	12
5992888807	Diction	The use of words in literary work. Diction may be described as formal, informal, colloquial, or slang	13
5992892485	Didactic Poem	A poem which is intended primarily to teach a lesson, it usually involves a subjective judgement of the author's purpose on the part of the critic or the reader	14
5992903688	Dramatic Poem	A poem which employs a dramatic for or some element or elements of dramatic techniques as a means of achieving poetic ends. (usually contains dialogue)	15
5992917945	Elegy	A sustained and formal poem setting forth the poet's meditations upon death or another solemn theme.	16
5992923257	End Stopped	A line with a pause at the end. Lines that end with a period, a comma, a colon, a semicolon, an exclamation point, or a question mark are end-stopped lines "True ease in writing comes from Art, not Chance,/As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance."	17
5992931530	Enjambment	The continuation of the sense and grammatical construction from one line of poetry to the Milton's Paradise Lost is a notable for it's use of enjambment, as seen in the following lines: .... Or if Sion hill/ Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd/Fast by the oracle of God,...	18
5992945020	Extended Metaphor	An implied analogy, or comparison, which is carried throughout a stanza or an entire poem. In "The Bait", John Donne compares a beautiful woman to fish bait and men to fish who want to be caught by the woman. Since he carries these comparisons all the way through the poem.	19
6139262028	Euphony (Euphora)	A style in which combinations of words pleasant to the ear predominate, opposite of cacophony Ex. A think of beauty is joy for ever/ Its loveliness increases; it will never....Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.	20
6139268617	Eye Rhyme	Rhyme that appears correct from spelling, but is half-rhyme or slant rhyme Ex. "watch" and "match / "love" and "move"	21
6139286355	Feminine Rhyme	A rhyme of two syllables, one stressed and one unstressed Ex. "waken" and "forsaken"	22
6139295331	Figurative Language	Writing that uses figures of speech such as, metaphor, irony, and simile	23
6139301408	Free Verse	Poetry which is not written in a traditional meter but is still rhythmical.	24
6139311432	Heroic Couplet	Two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa, bb, cc with the thought usually completed in the two-line unit. Ex. But when to mischief mortals bend their will,/How soon they find fit instruments of ill!	25
6139323377	Hyperbole	A deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration. It may be used for either serious or comic effect. Ex. Macbeth ....No; this my hand will rather/ The multitudinous seas incarnadine,/ Making the green one red.	26
6139337562	Imagery	The images, sensory details, and figurative language of literary work. (Some diction can also be imagery)	27
6139347737	Irony	The contrast between actual meaning and the suggestion of another meaning. Verbal irony is a figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words which carry the opposite meaning. (Often confused with sarcasm)	28
6139366334	Internal Rhyme	Rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end. Ex. Once upon a midnight DREARY, while I pondered weak and WEARY	29
6139379338	Lyric poem	Any short poem that presents a single speaker who expresses thoughts and feelings. (Sonnets and Odes are lyric poems)	30
6139393857	Masculine Rhyme	Rhyme that falls on the stressed and concluding syllables of the rhyme-words. Ex. "keep" and "sleep"	31
6139399052	Metaphor	A figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of comparative term like "as," "like" or "than"	32
6139414751	Meter	The repetition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry. This type of poem emphasizes the musical quality of the language and often relates directly to the subject matter of the poem.	33
6139431729	Metonymy	A figure of speech which is characterized by the substitution of a term naming an object closely associated with the word in mind for the word itself. (we commonly speak of the king as the "crown" an object associated with kingship)	34
6139453046	Mixed Metaphors	The mingling of one metaphor with another immediately following with the first is incongruous. Ex. "I smell a rat. I see it floating in the air. I shall nip it in the bud."	35
6139464109	Narrative Poem	A non-dramatic poem which tells a story or presents a narrative, whether simple or complex, long or short. (Epics and Ballads are examples of this)	36
6139476375	Octave	an eight line stanza. Most commonly, octave refers to the first decision of an Italian sonnet.	37
6139482488	Onomatopoeia	The use of words whose sound suggests their meaning. Ex. "buzz" "hiss" or "honk"	38
6139488758	Oxymoron	A form of paradox that combines a pair of contrary terms into a single expression. This combination usually serves the purpose of shocking the reader into awareness. Ex. "wise fool" "sad joy" and "eloquent silence"	39