AP Literature Poetry Terms

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Agent

The subject is the ____ of the verb.

The ____y of a poem is the subject of each predicate.

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Antecedent

The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun

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Connotation

associations suggested by a word; implied meaning

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Denotation

The literal meaning of a word

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Metonymy

replacing an actual word or idea with a related word or concept

ex: “bow to the crown” in which “crown” refers to the “queen / king”

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Synecdoche (a type of metonymy)

a whole is represented by one of its parts

ex: “nice wheels” in which “wheels” represents the “car”

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Meter

a regular pattern of syllables in lines of poetry

ex: iambic pentameter (10 beats per line, unstressed & stressed alternate)

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Stressed and unstressed syllables

in every word of more than one syllable, one of the syllables is stressed or said with more force than the other syllable(s)

ex: unHAPpiness, NAthan

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Mood

the atmosphere or feeling created by the text and accomplished through word choice; affected by syntax, setting, tone, and events

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End Rhyme

when the last word of two different lines rhyme

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Internal Rhyme

when a line of poetry contains a rhyme

“to the rhyming and the chiming of the bells”

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Rhyme Scheme

a b a b c d c d - pattern of a poem’s end rhymes

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slant rhyme

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two words do not rhyme exactly

“moon” and “on”

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aliteration

the same consonant sound at the beginning of words

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anaphora

repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the start of two or more sentence or clauses in a row

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assonance

repetition of identical / similar vowels

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consonance

the repetition of the same final consonant sound at the end or within words

“thick lick sick quick”

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rhytym

the beat / pace of a poem

created by meter, line breaks, repetition, etc

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caesura

the pauses and breaks within a line of poetry

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end stopped

a pause comes at the end of a syntactic unit (sentence, clause, or phrase)

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enjambment

the continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break

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free verse / open form

no consistent meter or rhyme

do not conform to patterns

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closed / fixed form

follows a pattern

seen in Shakespeare

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lyric poetry

short poem with songlike qualities that expresses the speaker’s personal emotions and feelings

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pacing

the speed or tempo of an author’s writing

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tone

a writer’s attitude towards their subject matter

revealed through diction, fig. language, and organization

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litote

type of understatement

denying the opposite of the statement

“you’re not wrong” instead of “you’re right”

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