POEM TERMS- AP LITERATURE Flashcards

6685205289	synecdoche	a part of something is used to represent the whole, or occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part (ex. referring to a car as a wheel)	0
6685247961	metonymy	where one thing is represented by another that is commonly and often physically associated with it (ex. referring to a Monarch as a Crown)	1
6685283626	idyll	a narrative which is composed in verse that depicts and honors pastoral scenes and themes	2
6685290127	gerund	a noun made from a verb by adding "ing" (ex. "Reading helps you learn English.")	3
6685305011	appositive	a noun that renames another noun right beside is (ex. The insect, a cockroach, is crawling across the table.")	4
6685347887	masculine rhyme	involves single-syllable words; sometimes polysyllabic words (ex. meek/sleek; show/below)	5
6685365586	feminine rhyme	rhyming stressed syllables are followed by one or more unstressed syllables (ex. banter/ canter; glider/ divider)	6
6685374473	psalm	a sacred song or hymn, used in Christian and Jewish worship	7
6685377886	free verse	poetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter	8
6685381401	blank verse	poems with no rhyme BUT in iambic pentameter	9
6685383438	caesura	a pause in a line (ex. "To be, or not to be, that is the question."	10
6685398704	enjambment	continuation or a sentence past the natural break of a line	11
6685402674	anthimeria	using a word in a new grammatical form "hash tagging" or "friending"	12
6685410202	doggerel	comic poetry characteristic of nursery rhymes with silly subjects	13