AP Rhetorical and Lit terms #3

Question 1

Poetic device definition

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A device used in poetry to manipulate the sound of words, sentences or lines.

Question 2

Alliteration definition

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The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words.

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Alliteration example

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“Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore”

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alliteration impact

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grasps the reader’s attention, making them focus on a particular line or section

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Assonance definition

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The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds.

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Assonance example

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“From the molten-golden notes”

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Assonance impact

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create rhythm in writing.

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Consonance definition

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The repetition of the same consonant sound at the end of words or within words.

Question 9

Consonance example

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“Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door”

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Consonance impact

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give language a musical element, as well as emphasize sounds or words that resonate with the main ideas or themes of the work.

Question 11

Onomatopoeia definition

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The use of a word which imitates or suggests the sound that the thing makes.

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Onomatopoeia example

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Snap, rustle, boom, murmur

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Onomatopoeia impact

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add excitement, action, and interest by allowing the reader to hear and remember your writing.

Question 14

Internal rhyme definition

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When a line of poetry contains a rhyme within a single line.

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Internal rhyme example

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“To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!”

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Internal rhyme impact

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add more musical quality to a poem

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Slant rhyme definition

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When a poet creates a rhyme, but the two words do not rhyme exactly – they are merely similar.

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Slant rhyme example

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“I sat upon a stone, / And found my life has gone.”

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Slant rhyme impact

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make poetry and prose sound more cohesive.

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End rhyme definition

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When the last word of two different lines of poetry rhyme.

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End rhyme example

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“Roses are red, violets are blue, / Sugar is sweet, and so are you.”

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End rhyme impact

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End rhymes can make the words more memorable and easier to memorise for readers / listeners

Question 23

Rhyme Scheme definiton

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The pattern of a poem’s end rhymes.

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Rhyme Scheme example

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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

Question 25

Rhyme Scheme impact

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It creates a particular atmosphere and mood, and it can shape the way we respond to the themes in the poem

Question 26

Stressed and unstressed syllables definition

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In every word of more than one syllable, one of the syllables is stressed, or said with more force than the other syllable(s).

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Stressed and unstressed syllables example

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In the name “Nathan,” the first syllable is stressed. In the word “unhappiness,” the second of the four syllables is stressed.

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Stressed and unstressed syllables impact

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they create a pattern that helps establish the meter, which is essential for scansion, the process of analyzing a poem's rhythm.

Question 29

Meter definition

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A regular pattern to the syllables in lines of poetry.

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Meter example

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She walks | in beau |ty like | the night.

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Meter impact

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foundational to understanding the formal qualities of Old English poetry, where patterns of sound significantly contribute to the poem's meaning and emotional impact.

Question 32

Free verse definition

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Poetry that doesn’t have much meter or rhyme.

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Free verse example

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I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

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Free verse impact

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offers poets greater creative freedom, allowing for diverse expressions and styles.

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Iambic pentameter definition

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Poetry that is written in lines of 10 syllables, alternating stressed and unstressed syllables.

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Iambic pentameter example

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“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”

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Iambic pentameter impact

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create a pleasing rhythm in the reader's ear and make the text more musical and memorable

Question 38

Sonnet definition

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A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter. Usually divided into three quatrains and a couplet.

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Sonnet example

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My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

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Sonnet impact

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captures the reader's attention line by line.

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Polysyndeton example

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“I walked the dog, and fed the cat, and milked the cows.”

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Polysyndeton definition

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When a writer creates a list of items which are all separated by conjunctions.

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Polysyndeton impact

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slow readers down so they can take in all the information.