AP Literature and Composition (VOCAB 1) Flashcards

5600142855	blank verse	un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter	0
5600160757	cacophony	having a harsh, unpleasant, discordant sound	1
5600322548	cadence	the rhythm of a poem. "makes poetry sounds like poetry"	2
5600332221	conceit	an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem.	3
5600343730	euphony	having a pleasing sounds; agreeable to the ear	4
5600348926	enjabment	a sentence of poetry that continues from one line to the next without punctuation	5
5600359634	Metric foot	makes up the rhythm, which is the pattern of stressed and unstressed beats	6
5600369607	iamb	an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one	7
5600377851	trochee	the opposite of an iamb, meaning it is one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable	8
5600384077	anapest	the opposite of dactyl in that it has two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable	9
5600391116	dactyl	comprised of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables	10
5600664915	spondee	a pattern of two subsequent stressed syllables	11
5600399578	monometer	a rare form of verse in which each line consists of a single material unit (in a foot)	12
5600414137	dimeter	a line of poetry consisting of 2 feet	13
5600416912	trimeter	a line of poetry consisting of 3 feet	14
5600419545	tetrameter	a line of poetry consisting of 4 feet	15
5600421608	pentameter	a line of poetry consisting of 5 feet	16
5600426262	hexameter	a line of poetry consisting of 6 feet	17
5600521838	caesura	marks a major pause in a line	18
5600527854	ellipsis	a series of dots that usually indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning	19
5600548477	dash	like commas, semicolons, colons, ellipses, and parenthesis, indicate added emphasis or an interruption	20
5600556882	accent	noun used to describe the stress put on a certain syllable while speaking a word	21
5600561795	stressed	pronounced slightly louder, for a slightly longer duration, and at a slightly higher pitch than unstressed syllables	22
5600570860	Repition	a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times intentionally to make an idea clearer	23
5600582700	refrain	is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in a verse	24
5600588057	epiphora	is a stylistic device in which a word or phrase is repeated at the end of a successive clause.	25
5600599664	slant	a rhyme that isn't quite a rhyme. the words sound similar, but they aren't close enough to make a full rhyme	26
5600609024	internal	rhyming words are found within lines	27
5600609025	end	endings of lines rhyme exactly (vowel sounds are the same, consonants vary	28
5600617787	rhyming couplet	every two lines thyme with each other. some sonnets end with them (such as a Shakespeare sonnet)	29