AP Poetry Flashcards

9566633122	envoy	a message to an important person at the end of a poem	0
9566637733	apostrophe	to address a dead person or other entity as though it is capable of responding	1
9566644603	lyric poetry	poetry whose main function is to express feelings or impressions	2
9566648110	narrative poetry	poetry that tells a story	3
9566650291	sonnet	a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme	4
9566654732	epigram	A brief witty poem, often satirical.	5
9566659428	epigraph	the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme	6
9566661745	elegy	poem or song expressing lamentation	7
9566664846	epic poetry	a long narrative poem about the adventures of an almost superhuman character	8
9566667549	villanelle	A 19 line form using only two rhymes and repeating two of the lines according to a set pattern	9
9566670754	enjambment	the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.	10
9566673801	metonymy	substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it	11
9566677744	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part	12
9566680108	caesura	a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line	13
9566680109	chiasmus	a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed	14
9566682397	elision	the omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable to preserve the meter of a line of poetry	15
9566685405	volta	the shift or point of dramatic change in a poem	16