AP Literature -- Poetry Terms Flashcards

9196603964	Alliteration	the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words	0
9196603965	Assonance	repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity	1
9196603966	Ballad	a narrative poem which can be sung, usually written in four-line stanzas and telling a single, tragic story	2
9196603967	Blank Verse	poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter	3
9196603968	Consonance	repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.	4
9196603969	Couplet	a pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a separate stanza in a poem.	5
9196603970	Dialect	distinctive language spoken by a particular group or in a region	6
9196603971	Diction	a writer's or speaker's choice of words	7
9196603972	End rhyme	rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry	8
9196603973	End-stopped	a line that ends with a natural speech pause, usually marked by punctuation	9
9196603974	Enjambment	a run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next.	10
9196603975	Extended metaphor	a metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.	11
9196603977	Foot	a unit of meter; can consist of two or three syllables; lines of poetry are classified according to the number of feet in a line	12
9196603978	Form	pattern or design of a poem	13
9196603979	Free Verse	poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme	14
9196603980	Heroic Couplet	rhyming pairs of verse written in iambic pentameter found in epic or long narrative English poetry.	15
9196603981	Hyperbole	a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	16
9196603982	Iambic pentameter	a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable.	17
9196603983	Imagery	language that appeals to the senses	18
9196603984	Lyric poetry	a short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings	19
9196603985	Metaphor	a comparison between two dissimilar things.	20
9196603986	Meter	a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	21
9196603987	Metonymy	figure of speech in which an attribute or commonly associated feature is used to name or designate something	22
9196603988	Mood	the "feeling" created by the author for the reader; closely related to tone	23
9196603989	Narrative poetry	a poem that tells a story	24
9196603990	Ode	a lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject.	25
9196603991	Onomatopoeia	a word that imitates the sound it represents	26
9196603992	Personification	a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	27
9196603993	Quatrain	4 line stanza	28
9196603994	Refrain	a line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem.	29
9196603995	Rhyme	repetition of sounds at the end of words.	30
9196603996	Rhyme scheme	a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem	31
9196603997	Rhythm	pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables	32
9196603998	Simile	a comparison between two dissimilar things using "like" or "as"	33
9196603999	Slant/half/eye rhyme	a rhyming sound that is not exact.	34
9196604000	Sonnet	a lyric poem of 14 lines, commonly written in iambic pentameter	35
9196604001	Sound devices	elements such as rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, and onomatopoeia - gives poetry a musical quality	36
9196604002	Synecdoche	using a part to refer to the whole (a type of metonymy)	37
9196604003	Synesthesia	imagery that uses one type of sensory experience to describe another	38
9196604004	Tone	a writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction and figurative language	39