AP Lit

Chad was a large yellow man with a fat smile

Comparing two things without using like or as

Most of Jesus' stories were these

"Thunder rolls overhead from booming clouds, hanging overhead"

Romeo confessing his love for Juliet in Sonnet 18

the creation of words that imitate natural sounds

a harsh mixture of inharminous sounds

an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers

The words 'sunshine, rainbow, freshness' are examples of?

When a poet writes an emotional, rhyming poem about her feelings

a flaw in reasoning

(look at the count of lines and count of stanzas) what is this?

rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse

hour/fen/pen/flower..... then a setset with another rhyme

1+1=3 because it depends on how you look at it

using same patterns of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance

a poem in which a person expresses a strong feeling of love or respect for someone or something

a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.

A verse without rhyme that still uses iambic pentameter

a break or pause between words

"This place is like a Garden of Eden"

“If we don’t end war, war will end us.” – H.G. Wells

a way of using humor to show that someone or something is foolish, weak, bad, etc

a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

She has the heart of a lion

"To be or not to be- that is the question...."

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

"White and Nerdy" by Al Yankovic instead of "Ridin' Dirty" by Chamillionaire

A question you ask not expecting an answer. It makes a point or persuades

Buzz Buzz

*wins 10 million dollars in lottery* "Oh I did okay"

usually comprise of two lines that rhyme and have the same metre

comparison using like or as

composed of 3 quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter w/ the rhymes abab cdcd efef gg

presenting something as smaller or less important than it actually is

"Beloved mother and wife"

is a nineteen-line poetic form consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain

a story which illustrates an important lesson or principle

figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

giving human qualities to inanimate things or animals

long excerpt in a play, poem or story that reveals a character's thoughts and feelings

She was as hot as an oven

five sets of unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables.

I hear lake water lapping || with low sounds by the shore…

a picture or description is someone that exaggerates their defects

referencing something without directly mentioning it

"TC will get mad at you if you wear a short skirt" *using TC to talk about the administration

name of the person who is being directly spoken to

Because my coffee was too cold, I heated it in the microwave.

Her smile was a mile wide

talking to or addressing something inanimate

Rachel, come here please.

an octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba and of a sestet with one of several rhyme schemes

"The weather is lovely outside" (there's actually a hurricane)

'But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun! (...)

Your enemy’s friend is your enemy.

uses an extended metaphor that compares two very dissimilar things

The Sun smiled down on the little girl

"Ode to the West Wind" by Percy Shelley

your natives are the most pernicious race of vermin that ever suffered to crawl upon earth

What is this an example of?

Something made to imitate or make fun of the original piece of work

Jerry is lonely because he spends much of his time at the narrator’s cabin alone.

metrical foot consisting of two long syllables

comparison between two things that continues throughout a paragraph or a poem

the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words

made up of seemingly contradictory things but ends up being true

Substituting 'suits' for businessmen

Candle in the Wind by Elton John

A city that has horns honking, dogs barking and people talking

Harry Potter series

Sally Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore

the use of informal, common words in everyday speech

an exaggerated statement

O Captain! My Captain!

the analysis or study of traits and personalities of a person

type of a poem that contains 6 stanzas, each having 6 lines, while the 7th has three lines.

Men sell the wedding bells

I like to swim, to hike and to bike

contradictory words next to or by each other

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are

Using 'go away' instead of 'buzz off'

substitution of the name of an attribute for that of the thing meant

a somg or poem narrating a story in short stanzas

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

Writing that attacks, denounces or insults a person or topic

And I do love thee: therefore, go with me

Repetition of vowel sounds of words close to each other

any report of connected events, real or imaginary, presended in written or spoken words

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" -Shakespeare

"Dead as a door nail"

the incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens

Comparing the world as a stage for your life throughout a poem

Short text honoring a deceased person

Are you crazy?

*Example for Blank Verse

contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause

Jumbo Shrimp

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