English Ap Vocabulary

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A metrical foot of three syllables, two short (or unstressed) followed by one long (or stressed)

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Anapest

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Words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea.

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Apostrophe

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The repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds

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Assonance

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A type of poem, usually with three stanzas of seven, eight, or ten lines and a shorter final stanza (or envoy) of four or five lines. All stanzas end with the same one-line refrain

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Ballade

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Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Blank Verse

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A metrical foot of three syllables, one long (or stressed) followed by two short (or unstressed)

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Dactyl

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A poem that laments the death of a person, or one that is simply sad and thoughtful

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Elegy

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The shorter final stanza of a poem, as in a ballade

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Envoy

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A long, serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure

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Epic

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A six-line poem in which the number of syllables per line follow the Fibonacci sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8

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Fib

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Two or more syllables that together make up the smallest unit of rhythm in a poem

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Foot

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A multi-syllable rhyme that ends with one or more unstressed syllables

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Feminine Rhyme

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A very short, witty poem

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Epigram

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A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis

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Hyperbole

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Either a short poem depicting a peaceful, idealized country scene, or a long poem that tells a story about heroic deeds or extraordinary events set in the distant past

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Idyll

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A line of poetry that has six metrical feet.

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Hexameter

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A stanza composed of two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter.

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Heroic couplet

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A poem in honor of a bride and bridegroom.

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Epithalamium

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The continuation of a complete idea (a sentence or clause) from one line or couplet of a poem to the next line or couplet without a pause

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Enjambment

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In a poem, a pair of lines that are the same length and usually rhyme and form a complete thought

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Couplet

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A fanciful poetic image or metaphor that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different

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Conceit

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The principles and ideals of beauty that are characteristic of Greek and Roman art, architecture, and literature

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Classicism

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A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line

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Caesura

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A poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend and often has a repeated refrain

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Ballad

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A medieval Italian lyric poem, with five or six stanzas and a shorter concluding stanza

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Canzone