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AP Lit Terms

TermDefinition
Meter Basic rhythmic structure of a verse, made up of feet
Scansion Analysis of a poem's metrical structure
Iambic Pentameter Most common meter in English poetry - sequence of five iambic feet each consisting of an unstressed syllable follow by a stressed one: da-DUM
Trochaic Meter The inverse of iambic meter: DUM-da
Euphony Words that sound good together (musical)
Cacophony Sounds that grate, annoy, or create a sense of distaste (opposite of euphony)
Onomatopoeia Generates the sound it refers to
Imagery Language that appeals directly to the senses: touch, sight, hearing, smell, or taste
Synesthesia When description of one kind of sensation produces another
Tone Manner in which something is said; voice the poet projects
Rhythm Pacing, from slow to fast, and pauses, stops, and starts
Rhyme A repetition of similar sounds in words
End Rhyme Most common rhyme - occurs at the end of verse lines
Internal Rhyme The end word rhymes with a word in the middle of the same line or nearby line
Eye Rhyme Words that look alike but do not sound alike. Ex. Blood and food
Alliteration Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds that are close together
Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds within a series of words
Dissonance A disruption of harmonic sounds or rhythms
Verse Rhymed or metrical poetry - a line or stanza of such poetry
Blank Verse Unrhymed iambic pentameter (still rhythmic)
Free Verse Avoids pre-established rhyme, stanza pattern, or meter
Metaphor Implied comparison of two unlike things
Simile Explicit comparison of two unlike things
Irony (verbal) Saying one thing and meaning another
Paradox An apparently impossible circumstance, situation or condition (like oxymoron)
Personification / Pathetic Fallacy Giving a nonbeing the characteristics of a person
Pun Humorous use of words with multiple meanings or words that sound similar with different meanings
Metonymy When one thing is used in place of something closely related to it. Ex. Suits = business people
Synecdoche Uses part for the whole. Ex. wheels = car
Hyperbole Overstatement or exaggeration for effect
Litotes Understatement that downplays for effect. Ex. The party wasn't a total disaster
Symbol A representative image, event, word, or pattern that stands for something else
Allegory Fixed symbol tat definitively represents one other thing - no room for interpretive license
Sonnet A form of poem containing 14 lines of iambic pentameter and end rhyme
Ode Long irregular poem lyric in nature and exalted in tone - meant to praise and honor its subject
Couplet Pair of rhymed lines
Tercet/Triplet Grouping of three rhymed lines
Quatrain Group of four rhyming lines
Stanza Grouping of verse lines in a poem set off by a space break
Apostrophe Direct and explicit address either to an absent person or to an abstract or inanimate entity
Theme Idea or claim a poem is expressing
Allusion Reference to art, popular culture, or literature
Denotation What a word means on a dictionary level
Connotation What a word means on an emotional level
Diction Word choice
Dramatic Monologue One side of a conversation - one voice the reader "hears"
Internal Dramatic Monologue Stream of consciousness version of dramatic monologue
End stopped lines Lines of poetry that have a pause at the end, usually indicated by punctuation
Enjambement Lines of poetry that force you to read into the beginning of the next line
Caesure Pauses or breaks within a line of poetry Ex. See how the flowers // as at a parade, ...
Prose poem Poem that is not set up in a recognizable system of individual lines, but rather, in paragraph form
Concrete Poem Poem whose shape is reflective of the poem's subject
Conceit An extended metaphor
Asyndeton The omission of conjunctions (and, but, etc) between parts of a sentence
Polysyndeton The use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially when they can be omitted
Anaphora Repetition of the beginning of successive phrases
Bildungsroman Coming of age
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