AP Poetry: The Language of Poetry Flashcards

6274743518	alliteration	repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words	0
6274743519	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds in words that don't end with the same consonant	1
6274743520	consonance	repetition of consonant sounds within and at the end of words	2
6274743521	repetition	a sounds, word, phrase or line that is repeated for emphasis and unity	3
6274743522	rhythm	pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line	4
6274743523	rhyme	enhances the musical quality of a poem	5
6274743524	rhyme scheme	a regular pattern of rhyme	6
6274743525	meter	a regular pattern of rhythm	7
6274743526	lines	what all poems are made of, they are sort of like sentences.	8
6274743527	form	refers to a poem's structure or the way the words are arranged on the page	9
6274743528	stanzas	a group of lines, which function like a paragraph	10
6274743529	traditional form	poetry that follows fixed rules and has a regular pattern of rhythm and/or rhyme. Includes: sonnet, ode, haiku, limerick, ballad, and epic	11
6274743530	organic form	poetry that does not follow established rules for form. Includes: Free Verse and concrete poetry	12
6274743531	sonnets	poems that have 14 lines and are written in a strict pattern of rhythm and rhyme	13
6274743532	quatrains	four line units	14
6274743533	couplet	pair of rhyming lines	15
6274743536	end rhyme	rhyme at the end of lines	16
6274743537	internal rhyme	rhyme with the lines	17
6274743538	sound devices	resources used by poets to convey and reinforce the meaning or experience of poetry through the skillful use of sound	18
6274743539	poetry	literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm	19
6274743542	ode	a complex lyric poem that addresses a serious theme such as justice, truth, or the passage of time.	20
6274743543	speaker	the voice that talks to the reader in a literary work	21
6274743544	free verse	a style of poetry with no regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme.	22
6274743547	onomatopoeia	the use of words that imitate sounds	23
6274743548	English Sonnet	has a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg	24
6274743553	ballad	stories told in song or poetry using the language of everyday people	25
6274743554	Folk ballad	term for the early ballads of the medieval period	26
6274743555	traditional ballad	consists of four line stanzas with a simple rhyme scheme and narrates a single tragic incident through dialogue	27
6274743556	dialect	a variation of a language	28
6274743558	stylistic elements	word choice, figurative language, structure, imagery, meter, rhyme scheme etc. (for poetry)	29
6274743559	controlling idea	the main focus of a piece of writing	30
6274743561	Figurative Language	conveys meanings beyond the literal meanings of words	31
6274743562	simile	a comparison of two unlike things using the words: like or as	32
6274743563	metaphor	a comparison of two unlike things using a form of the verb "to be" (am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been)	33
6274743564	personification	giving human characteristics to non-human things	34
6274743565	hyperbole	an extreme exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect	35
6274743566	imagery	words or phrases that re-create sensory experiences for readers	36