AP LIT

assonance

• in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence, reticence ).

consonance

• Consonance is a literary device that repeats the same consonant sounds in adjacent or nearby words, like the –ck sound in tick tock or the n sound in lone ranger. The same vowel sounds are not required, so consonance words don't always rhyme.

end-stopped

• An end-stopped line in poetry is a metrical line that ends with a natural pause, typically ending with a period, comma, colon, or semicolon. It creates a formal, direct, and contained rhythm or complete thought. This allows the reader to stop and think for a moment which can make complex ideas easier to understand. 

enjambment

• (in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.

onomatopoeia

• Words that imitate the natural sounds of the object or action that are being described 

• They are used to enhance descriptive writing making it more vivid and immersive 

Examples: 

• The dry leaves crunched under my feet. 

- “Crunched” is the onomatopoeia and imitates the sound of the leaves being crushed

 -   The bacon sizzled.

       - “Sizzled” imitates the sound of bacon cooking

Italian/Petrarchan sonnet

• The Petrarchan sonnet is characterized by the following core elements: It contains fourteen lines of poetry. The lines are divided into an eight-line subsection (called an octave) followed by a six-line subsection (called a sestet).

Shakespearean sonnet

• The variation of the sonnet form that Shakespeare used—comprised of three quatrains and a concluding couplet, rhyming abab cdcd efef gg—is called the English or Shakespearean sonnet form, although others had used it before him.

Metonymy

~ Definition: A figure of speech that replaces something with another thing that is closely related.

~ Examples:

• “Lend me your ears.” →represents a seeking of attention/asking for attention.

• “The classroom was loud today.” →classroom represents the students.