Literary Terms 1-12 Flashcards
Alliteration
The re potion of initial consonant sounds in accented syllables
Allegory
An extended metaphor or a storyline with both a literal and symbolic level
Allusion
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work or art
Assonance
The depiction of vowel sounds in stressed syllables containing dissimilar consonant sounds
Blank verse
Unrhymed poetry usually written in iambic pentameter. Often in drama
Conceit
an unusual and surprising comparison between two different things. Usually the basis of the whole poem
Consonance
The repitition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables containing dissimilar vowel sounds
Couplet/heroic couplet/closed couplet
A pair of rhyming lines written on the same meter• rhymed pair of iambic pentameter lines•the meaning and grammar are completed within the two lines
Diction
Speakers word choice
End-stopped line
A line of poetry concluding with a break in the meter and in the meaning; pause is often punctuated by a period, comma, dash, or semicolon
Epiphany
Revelation
Free Verse
Poetry not written in a regular, rhythmical pattern, or meter; wildly used in 20th century
