Ocar AP Literature Poetry Terms Flashcards

5310401079	alliteration	repetition of initial consonant sounds	0
5310401080	allusion	a reference to another work of literature, person, or event	1
5310401081	anaphora	emphasis on words or phrases by repeating them at the beginning of nearby clauses	2
5310401082	anastrophe	the inversion of the natural order of words or phrases	3
5310401083	apostrophe	a figure of speech in which someone absent, dead, or nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present	4
5310401084	assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity to each other	5
5310401085	allegory	a poem in the form of a narrative or story that has a second meaning beneath the surface meaning	6
5310401086	iamb	rythmic unit based on stressed and unstressed syllables (two syllables)	7
5310401087	iambic pentameter	line of poetry with five iambs (ten syllables)	8
5310401088	couplet	two lines of poetry which rhymes	9
5310401089	heroic couplet	two lines of iambic pentameter that rhyme	10
5310401090	blank verse	unrhymed verse often in iambic pentameter	11
5310401091	quatrain	a stanza with four lines	12
5310401092	terset	a three line stanza	13
5310401093	motonomy	part of something that represents something bigger (ex. lend me your ears)	14
5310401094	free verse	poetry with no particular meter or rhyme scheme	15
5310401095	paradox	a statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements, but on a closer inspection may be true	16
5310401096	enjabment	the running over of the structure of a line of a couplet into the next verse	17
5310401097	end stopped	a line of verse that has punctuation at the end	18
5310401098	caesura	a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse	19
5310401099	imagery	description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	20
5310401100	irony	a contrast or discrepancy between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen	21
5310401101	situational irony	irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected	22
5310401102	dramatic irony	irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play	23
5310401104	consonance	Repetition of consonant sounds, not necessarily at beginning of word	24
5310401105	hyperbole	purposeful exaggeration for effect	25
5310401106	tone	a writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.	26
5310401107	sonnet	a lyric poem of fourteen lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to certain definite patterns. It usually expresses a single, complete idea or thought with a reversal, twist, or change of direction in the concluding lines	27
5310401108	point of view	the perspective from which a story is told	28
5310401109	characterization	a method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits	29
5310401110	direct characterization	the author directly states a character's traits	30
5310401111	indirect characterization	author subtly reveals the character through actions and interactions	31
5310401113	conceit	A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects.	32
5310401115	Italian sonnet	Divided into 8 lines and 6 lines; marks a shift in poem	33
5310401116	English sonnet	Divided into 3 quatrains and 2 lines; marks a shift	34
5310401117	villanelle	19 lines	35
5310401118	sestina	6 stanzas 6 lines each	36
5310401119	aubade	A poem about dawn; a morning love song; or a poem about the parting of lovers at dawn	37
5310401120	metonymy	One thing is used to refer to a greater concept	38
5310401121	ode	Poem with highly elevated language; addressed to a particular subject	39
5310401122	ballad	Song, written in poetry form	40
5310401123	colloqiual	In common speech of a language	41
5310401124	cacophony	Opposite of harmony	42
5310401125	synecdoche	a figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole	43
5310401129	lyric	thoughts and feelings	44
5310455918	euphony	pleasant, harmonious sound	45
5310458336	litotes	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite	46
5310462171	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	47
5310465806	oxymoron	A figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms	48
5310471142	personification	A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.	49
5310474945	syllepsis	a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")	50
5310480288	tautology	unnecessary repetition	51