AP Poetry Terms #1 Flashcards

4776602755	Alliteration	It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.	0
4776606289	Allusion	A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.	1
4776608276	Antithesis	(n.) the direct opposite, a sharp contrast	2
4776609267	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.	3
4776609794	Assonance	Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity	4
4776613232	Ballad	A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas	5
4776614258	Blank Verse	Unrhymed iambic pentameter	6
4776615632	Cacophony	A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds	7
4776616267	Caesura	A strong pause within a line of verse. a break between words within a metrical foot	8
4776618442	Conceit	A fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor	9
4776620501	Consonance	Repetition of consonant sounds within words	10
4776621121	Couplet	2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme	11
4776624551	Diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words	12
4776625139	Didactic	Educational From the Greek, didactic literally means "teaching." Didactic words have the primary aim of teaching or instructing,especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles.	13
4776627428	Elegy	a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.	14