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AP Poetry Terms
Important AP poetry vocabulary words.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| euphony | a style in which combinations of words pleasant to the ear predominate |
| eye rhyme | rhyme that appears correct from spelling, but is half-rhyme or slant rhyme in pronunciation. |
| feminine rhyme | a rhyme of two syllables, one stressed and one unstressed |
| figurative language | writing that uses figures of speech such as metaphor, irony, and simile |
| free verse | poetry which is not written in a traditional meter but is still rhythmical. |
| heroic couplet | two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa, bb, cc with the thought usually competed in the two-line unit. |
| hyperbole | a deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration. |
| imagery | the images of a literary work; the sensory details of a work. (directly connected with sensory details, metaphors, and similes) |
| irony | the contrast between actual meaning and the suggestion of another meaning. (verbal irony is a figure of speech in which actual intent is expressed in works which carry the opposite meaning) |
| internal rhyme | a rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end. |
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