AP Glossary #3 Flashcards
Definition Poetic Device
A device used in poetry to manipulate the sound of words, sentences or lines.
Definition alliteration
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words.
Example alliteration
“Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore”
Impact alliteration
It grasps the reader’s attention, making them focus on a particular line or section.
Definition Assonance
The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds.
Example Assonance
“From the molten-golden notes”
Impact Assonance
It guides which syllables should be stressed.
Definition Consonance
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the end of words or within words.
Example Consonance
“Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door”
Impact Consonance
Consonance can give language a musical element, as well as emphasize sounds or words that resonate with the main ideas or themes of the work.
Definition Onomatopoeia
The use of a word which imitates or suggests the sound that the thing makes.
Example Onomatopoeia
Snap, rustle, boom, murmur
Impact Onomatopoeia
It can add excitement, action, and interest by allowing the reader to hear and remember your writing.
Definition Internal rhyme
When a line of poetry contains a rhyme within a single line.
Example Internal rhyme
“To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!”
Impact Internal rhyme
It can be used to make the writing more rhythmic. This could be a musical rhythm or a plodding rhythm, like footsteps. It could be used to create an erratic rhythm to evoke a sense of frenzy or skittishness.
Definition Slant rhyme
When a poet creates a rhyme, but the two words do not rhyme exactly – they are merely similar.
Example Slant rhyme
“I sat upon a stone, / And found my life has gone.”
Impact Slant rhyme
Slant rhymes make poetry and prose sound more cohesive. Repeating a vowel or consonant sound creates a pattern that’s pleasing to the reader’s ear.
Definition End rhyme
When the last word of two different lines of poetry rhyme.
Example End rhyme
“Roses are red, violets are blue, / Sugar is sweet, and so are you.”
Impact End rhyme
Many poets use end rhyme because it creates a rhythm
Definition Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of a poem’s end rhymes.
Example Rhyme Scheme
The following lines have a rhyme scheme of a b a b c d c d:
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? a
Thou art more lovely and more temperate. b
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. a
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date. b
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines c
And often is his gold complexion dimmed d
And every fair from fair sometime declines c
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimmed d
