Ap English Poetry Terms – Flashcards
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Alliteration
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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
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Allusion
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A brief reference to to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art
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Assonance
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The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text
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Ballad
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A story or narrative in poetic form
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Consonance
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The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels in a chunk of text
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Diction
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The author's specific word choice
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Enjambment
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This occurs when one line ends without a pause or punctuation and continues onto the next line
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Free verse
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Poetry that doesn't rhyme or have a measurable meter
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using like or as
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Meter
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The measured arrangements of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poets placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line
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Onomatopoeia
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A word that sounds like what it means
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Rhythm
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The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. May be fast, slow, choppy or smooth
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Simile
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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using like or as
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Stanza
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A unified group of lines in poetry, often marked by spacing between sections of the poem
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Symbol
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An object or action that means more than it's literal meaning
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Theme
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The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader
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Tone
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The attitude the poems narrator takes toward a subject or character (serious, humorous)
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Verse
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A single line of poetry
