AP Glossary Set Three Flashcards
Poetic device
A device used in poetry to manipulate the sound of words, sentences or lines.
Alliteration
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words.
Alliteration (Example)
“Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore”
Alliteration (Impact)
rhythm and musicality, emphasis, and enhanced imagery
Assonance
The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds.
Assonance (Example)
“From the molten-golden notes”
Assonance (Impact)
shapes the rhythm of a poem, making it more memorable, adds musicality to the lines, allowing them to flow smoothly and resonate with readers
Consonance
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the end of words or within words.
Consonance (Example)
“Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door”
Consonance (Impact)
Creation of rhymes and half-rhymes, enhances emotion and engagement within the leader
Onomatopoeia
The use of a word which imitates or suggests the sound that the thing makes.
Onomatopoeia (Example)
Boom, snap, murmur, buzz
Onomatopoeia (Impact)
Helping readers hear the sounds of words they represent, creating vivid images, developing setting, etc
Internal rhyme
When a line of poetry contains a rhyme within a single line.
Internal rhyme (Example)
“To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!”
Internal rhyme (Impact)
can help emphasize particular words or themes in a poem, guiding the reader’s attention and interpretation
Slant rhyme
When a poet creates a rhyme, but the two words do not rhyme exactly – they are merely similar.
Slant rhyme (Example)
“I sat upon a stone, / And found my life has gone.”
Slant rhyme (Impact)
allows poets to create unexpected connections between ideas and emotions
End rhyme
When the last word of two different lines of poetry rhyme.
End rhyme (Example)
“Roses are red, violets are blue, / Sugar is sweet, and so are you.”
End rhyme (Impact)
“Roses are red, violets are blue, / Sugar is sweet, and so are you.”
Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of a poem’s end rhymes. For example
Rhyme Scheme (Example)
rhyme scheme of a b a b c d c d
Rhyme Scheme (Impact)
Affecting the mood and appeal of the poem, shaping the structure and harmony of the poem, etc
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).
Stressed and unstressed syllables (Example)
In the word “unhappiness,” the second of the four syllables is stressed.
Stressed and unstressed syllables (Impact)
Establish the rhythm of a poem
Meter
A regular pattern to the syllables in lines of poetry.
Meter (Example)
Iambic pentameters
Meter (Impact)
Helps readers understand rhythm as it relates to the poem
Free verse
Poetry that doesn’t have much meter or rhyme.
Free verse (Example)
The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams
Free verse (Impact)
Gives greater freedom for choosing words and conveying their meanings to the audience
Iambic pentameter
Poetry that is written in lines of 10 syllables, alternating stressed and unstressed syllables.
Iambic pentameter (Example)
“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”
Iambic pentameter (Impact)
Natural flow and enhanced language
Sonnet
A 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter. Usually divided into three quatrains and a couplet.
Sonnet (Example)
My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun by William Shakespeare
Sonnet (Impact)
Expressing impotence, stasis, fruitless growth, estrangement, and frustration
Polysyndeton
When a writer creates a list of items which are all separated by conjunctions.
Polysyndeton (Example)
“Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast, or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things…he also shall be unclean.”
Polysyndeton (Impact)
often used to slow down the pace of the writing and/or add an authoritative tone.
Pun
When a word that has two or more meanings is used in a humorous way.
Pun (Example)
“I was stirred by his cooking lesson.”
Pun (Impact)
Humorous or rhetorical effect
