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Chapter 6-Test 6 AP English Language Composition Vocabulary Flashcards

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5305853234poetic devicea device used in poetry to manipulate the sound of words, sentences or lines.0
5305855746alliterationthe repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words. "Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore"1
5305857591assonancethe repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds. "From the molten-golden notes"2
5305857963consonancethe repetition of the same consonant sound at the end of words or within words. "Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door"3
5305858583onomatopoeiaThe use of a word which imitates or suggests the sound that the thing makes. Snap, rustle, boom, murmur4
5305858849internal rhymeWhen a line of poetry contains a rhyme within a single line. "To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!"5
5305859333slant rhymeWhen a poet creates a rhyme, but the two words do not rhyme exactly - they are merely similar. "I sat upon a stone, / And found my life has gone."6
5305859651end rhymeWhen the last word of two different lines of poetry rhyme. "Roses are red, violets are blue, / Sugar is sweet, and so are you."7
5305859985rhyme schemeThe pattern of a poem's end rhymes. For example, the following lines have a rhyme scheme of a b a b: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? a Thou art more lovely and more temperate. b Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. a And summer's lease hath all too short a date. b8
5305860436stressed and unstressed syllablesin every word of more than one syllable9
5305860909metera regular pattern to the syllables in lines of poetry10
5305861293free versepoetry that doesn't have much meter or rhyme11
5305861729iambic pentameterpoetry that is written in lines of 10 syllables, alternating stressed and unstressed syllables. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"12
5305862288sonneta 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter13
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