Poetic Terms AP Literature Flashcards

5251941410	alliteration	the repetition of initial consonant sounds Example"Silence surged softly..."	0
5251941411	assonance	the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables Examples: "purple curtain," "young love"	1
5251941412	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
5251941413	consonance	the repetition in two or more words of final consonants in stressed syllables Example: "east and west"	3
5251941414	euphony	pleasing sounds. Opposite of cacophony.	4
5251941415	meter	a generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry	5
5251941416	Feet	are the individual building blocks of meter.	6
5251941417	Iambic	duh-DUH, as in "above"	7
5251941418	Anapestic	duh-duh-DUH as in "but of course"	8
5251941419	Dactylic	DUH-duh-duh, as in "honestly"	9
5251941420	Trochaic	DUH-duh, as in "pizza"	10
5251941421	Iambic pentameter	duh-DUH (five iambic feet in one line...Shakespearean sonnets)	11
5251941422	Approximate/slant rhyme	two words are alike in some sounds, but do not rhyme exactly (Example: now and know)	12
5251941423	End rhyme	occurring at the ends of lines (the most common type of rhyme)	13
5251941424	Internal rhyme	occurring within a line	14
5251941425	rhyme scheme	the pattern of end rhymes, labeled with capital letters for the purpose of analysis	15
5251941426	ballad	a song or poem that tells a story of tragedy, adventure, betrayal, revenge, or jealousy	16
5251941427	blank verse	verse written in unrhymed, iambic pentameter	17
5251941428	dramatic monologue	a poem in which a character speaks to one or more listeners who remain silent or whose replies are not revealed	18
5251941429	elegy	a poem of mourning, usually over the death of an individual	19
5251941430	epic	a long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society	20
5251941431	epitaph	an inscription on a gravestone or a commemorative poem written as if it were for that purpose	21
5251941432	free verse	unrhymed poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter. It seeks to capture the rhythms of speech	22
5251941433	heroic couplet	2 lines of poetry that rhyme and are in iambic pentameter	23
5251941434	limerick	a humorous, rhyming five-line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme	24
5251941435	lyric poem	verse that expresses the personal observations and feelings of a single speaker	25
5251941436	narrative poem	a poem that tells a story	26
5251941437	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	27
5251941438	Shakespearean/English sonnet	a sonnet which consists of three quatrains and a couplet. The most common rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg.	28
5251941439	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.	29
5251941440	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.	30
5251941441	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.	31
5251941442	caesura	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.	32
5251941443	couplet	two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme. Heroic couplet is also in iambic pentameter.	33
5251941444	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.	34
5251941445	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	35
5251941446	allusion	reference to a well-known person, text, historical event, etc. Example Shakespearean and Biblical allusions	36
5251941447	apostrophe	when an absent person, an abstract concept, or an important object is directly addressed.	37
5251941448	conceit	unconventional/unexpected metaphors	38
5251941449	metaphor	unexpected comparison between two unalike things	39
5251941450	extended metaphor	a metaphor carried throughout the text or poem	40
5251941451	personfication	giving human qualities to an inanimate object or force	41
5251941452	connotation	all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests	42
5251941453	denotation	dictionary definition of a word	43
5251941454	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	44
5251941455	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.	45
5251941456	synechdoche	a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.	46
5251941457	synesthesia	the mixing of the senses	47