AP Lit Final

Meter

pattern of stressed (accented) and unstressed syllables (unaccented) in a line of poetry

Foot

A unit of meter with 2 or 3 syllables (1 stressed and 1+ unstressed)

Iamb (Iambic foot)

2 syllable foot with stress on the second syllable

Trochee (trochaic foot)

A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

Anapest (anapestic foot)

3 syllables with stress on the last syllable

Spondee (spondaic foot)

2 stressed syllables (compound words)

Dacytl (dactylic foot)

3 syllables with stress on the first one

Pyrrhic (pyrric foot)

2 unstressed syllables

Monometer

1 foot line

Dimeter

2 foot line

Trimeter

3 foot line

Tetrameter

4 foot line

Pentameter

5 foot line

hexameter

6 foot line

heptameter

7 foot line

ocyometer

8 foot line

Rhymed verse

verse with end rhyme

Blank verse

lines of iambic pentameter without end rhyme

Free verse

lines without a regular meter that don’t rhyme

Slant rhyme

imperfect end syllables

End rhyme

siimilarly occuring at the end of 2+ lines of a verse

Internal rhyme

similarity occuring between 2+ words in the same line

Masculine rhyme

1 syllable of a word rhymes with another word

Feminine rhyme

that last 2 syllables of a word rhyme with another word

Triple rhyme

last 3 syllables of a work rhyme

Alliteration

repetition of the initial letter in 2+ words

Onomatopoeia

use of a word to represent a sound

Assonance

similarity or repetition of a vowel sound in 2+ words

Consonance

repetition of consonant sounds within a line of a verse

Refrain

the repetition of 1+ phrases/lines at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza

Repetition

reiteration of a word/phrase

Figure of speech

words in a nonliteral sense

Simile

comparison using like or as

Metaphor

comparison of 2 unrelated things not using like/as

Personification

giving human traits to objects, ideas, or animals

Synecdoche

technique of mentioning a part of something to represent a whole

Metonymy

substitution of a word naming an object for another closly related word

Symbol

word/image that signifies something else

Allegory

a description having a second meaning

Overstatement

exaggeration for the sake of emphasis, not to be taken litteraly

Understatement

Consists of saying less than one means

Antithesis

balencing or contrasting one term against another

apostrophe

addressing of someone or somthing usually not present, as present.

Dramatic irony

when the author implies a different meaning from that intended by the speaker

Irony of the situation

a situation in which there is an incongruity between actual circumstances and those that would seem appropriate

Verbal Irony

A figure of speech in which what is meant is the opposite of what is said

Paradox

A statement or situation containing contradictory elements

Oxymoron

a compact paradox, a figure of speech that combines 2 contridictory words placed side by side

Stanza

a division of a poem based on though or form

Couplet

2 line stanza

triplet

3 line stanzas

sestet

6 line stanza

septet

7 line stanza

octave

8 line stanza

Heroic couplet

2 rhymes that contain a complete thought within the 2 lines

Terza rima

3 line stanza with interlaced rhyme a-b-a

Limerick

5 line nonsense poem with an anapestic meter

Ballad stanza

consists of 4 lines with a rhyme scheme a-b-c-b

Rime royal

7 line stanza in iambic pentameter a-b-a-b-b-c-c

Ottava rima

8 iambic pentameter lines with a rhyme scheme of a-b-a-b-a-b-c-c

Spenserian Stanza

9 line stanza w/ 8 iambic pentameter lines followed by hexameter a-b-a-b-b-c-b-c-c

Sonnet

14 lines stanza of imambic pentameters (Italian-8 lines+6)(English- 3×4+2

villanelle

5 tercets +quatrainm

Elegy

poem that mourns the death of an individual, absence of smth loved, or mankind transcendence

Lyric

widely used, limites length, expression, imaginativedeO

Ode

jot about a person

Allusion

refrence to previous literature/artnachronisma

anachronism

element that is out of the time frame ex. humor

anecdote

short, personal story

Antecedent

the word to which pronouns refers: "The dog wagged its tail," the word "dog" is the antecedent to the pronoun "its".

Conceit

far-fetched comparison between 2 unlike things

connotation

asociations a word calls to mind

narritive poem

tells a story

Parable

a short story illustrating a moral or religious lesson

Parody

a comical imitation of something serious

Pastoral

a poem, that idealizes a simple life

Pathos

quality of appealing to emotions

Pun

humorous play on words

Satire

humor to expose the shortcomings of society.