AP-Lit Terms Quiz 1

A poetic foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable (u u /).

• anapest

• apostrophe

• assonance

• alliteration

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme. An iambic couplet is a couplet written in iambic feet (ex. The sun that brief December day/Rose cheerless over hills of gray/And, darkly circled, gave at noon; A sadder light than waning moon.)

• assonance

• alliteration

• couplet

• caesura

A break or pause in a line of poetry, which contributes to the rhythm of the poem

• blank verse

• caesura

• anapest

• alliteration

The repetition of similar consonant sounds in a group of words; often used for a form of partial rhyme in which the consonants are the same, but the vowels are different (bitter/butter, took/tack); sometimes limited to the repetition of final consonant sounds.

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

• caesura

A reference to a person, a place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects a reader to recognize; typically drawn from literature, mythology, religion, history, or geography.

• anapest

• allusion

• apostrophe

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

A figure of speech in which an absent or dead person, an abstract quality, or something inanimate or nonhuman is addressed directly.

• allusion

• apostrophe

• alliteration

• conceit

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The repetition of similar vowel sounds, especially in poetry; creates a musical effect; emphasizes certain sounds to create a mood

• consonance

• alliteration

• assonance

• caesura

The repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants, in a group of words; sometimes limited to repetition of the initial consonant sounds; emphasizes the words and ideas expressed.

• caesura

• consonance

• assonance

• alliteration

A kind of metaphor that makes a comparison between two startlingly different things; a conceit may be brief or it may provide the basis for an entire poem.

(ex. Life is a bowl of cherries · Dead as a doornail)

• concrete poetry

• confessional poetry

• conceit

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject.

• caesurea

• confessional poetry

• conceit

• concrete poetry