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AP English 4: Literature & Composition Flashcards

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14879279531AllegoryA narrative or description having a second meaning beneath the surface one Ex: Tortoise and the Hare0
14879279532AnecdoteA short and sometimes amusing story that is told to make a point.1
14879279533ArchetypeA recurrent design in a wide range of literature. Ex: a woman is the downfall of a main male character2
14879279534Blank verseThe verse form that most resembles common speech3
14879279535CaesuraA pause in a line of verse, indicating natural speech patterns4
14879279536ColloquialOrdinary and informal language Ex: gotta, woulda5
14879279537Concrete languageLanguage that describes specific, observable things, people or places Ex:House, Window, apple6
14884819784ConnotationThe ideas and emotions associated with a word Ex: Guest/ Intruder7
14884819785IambicA metrical foot in poetry that consist of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable8
14884819786MeterThe more or less regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables9
14884819787ParodyAn exaggerated imitation of a unusually more serious work for humorous purposes10
14884819788Stream of ConsciousnessA person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow.11
14884819789SyntaxThe rules that determine how words combine into phrases and sentences12

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