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AP Study 2

TermDefinition
Antithesis Grammatically balanced statements that usually contains a contradiction
Apostrophe Direct address to an inanimate object or absent person
Aubade lyric poem about morning
blank verse unrhymed iambic pentameter- no rhyme
Hyperbole extreme exaggeration
continuous form the way a poem looks. No patterned groupings based on meter/rhyme; breaks have to do with content
conceit an unusual metaphor
farce Attacks human folly or vice through with, no political agenda
elegy sustained lyric poem of lament; other applied to any poem of serious meditative content
elliptical contruction 2 related independent clauses are connected typically separated by a semicolon, and words or words two related independent clauses are connected
Enjambment when a thought does not end logically at the end of a line
epithet a word or phrase used in place of proper noun
epistle a letter
fixed form poems in which the form is determined by the work of an earlier poem; Rhyme, meter # of lines
heroic couplet two lines of poetry written with end rhyme containing iambic pentameter; elevated diction often creates a mock-heroic tone/attitude
Metaphysical Poetry intellectual poetry that explores the connection between the mind and the body
ode poem written in elevated lang; apostrophe; on a serious subject
Villanelle 19 line poem divided into 5 tercets (3 line stanza) and a quatrain
Metonymy a type of metaphor in which a whole is replaced by another whole
Satire Attacks human folly or vice through wit
Synecdoche a type of metaphor in which a whole is replaced by a part
Stanzaic broken in stanzas based on meter/ rhyme
tone the authors attitude toward the topic of the poem
Mood is the feeling of poem/atmosphere
Lyric poem that does not tell a story; musical qualities
Narrative poem that does tell a story; musical qualities
epic a narrative poem that tells the story of an epic hero
organic sensation
kinetic motion
tactile touch
auditory hearing
olfactory smelling
visual seeing
gustatory tase
Samuel Johnson wrote it to standardrize spelling who invented the 1st comprehensive dictionary
They standardized grammar at the high school level grammar books
Created by: Martina S
 

 



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