AP Lit(erary) Terms Part 4 Flashcards

12829635302	Alliteration	Repetition of a consonant sound in initial position	0
12829635303	Assonance	Repetition of a vowel sound in any position	1
12829635304	Consonance	Repetition of a consonant sound in any position	2
12829635305	Euphony	Derived from the Greek word "euphonos" that means sweet-voiced. It can be defined as the use of words and phrases that are distinguished as having a melody or loveliness in the sounds they create	3
12829635306	Cacophony	The use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing and unmelodious sounds primarily those of strong consonants to achieve desired results.	4
12829635307	Onomatopoeia	Word which creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting	5
12829635308	Meter	rhythmic stressed and unstressed syllables in a pattern. Ex. spondee, iambic, anapestic	6
12829635309	Metric Lines	groups of stressed and unstressed syllables collected into a line Ex. Tetrameter, Pentameter, Hexameter	7
12829635310	Stanzas	Grouping of lines in a poem. Ex. Couplet, quatrain, octave. Stanzas in poetry are similar to paragraphs in prose. Both stanzas and paragraphs include connected thoughts and are set off by a space	8
12829635311	Foot	the basic metrical unit that generates a line of verse (meter)	9
12829635312	Rhyme Scheme	End rhyme expressed alphabetically (abbacdcd)	10
12829635313	Blank Verse	unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter	11
12829635314	Free Verse	Poetry with no regular rhyme or rhythm	12
12829635315	Heroic Couplet	two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter, make a complete thought	13