14879279531 | Allegory | A narrative or description having a second meaning beneath the surface one Ex: Tortoise and the Hare | 0 | |
14879279532 | Anecdote | A short and sometimes amusing story that is told to make a point. | 1 | |
14879279533 | Archetype | A recurrent design in a wide range of literature. Ex: a woman is the downfall of a main male character | 2 | |
14879279534 | Blank verse | The verse form that most resembles common speech | 3 | |
14879279535 | Caesura | A pause in a line of verse, indicating natural speech patterns | 4 | |
14879279536 | Colloquial | Ordinary and informal language Ex: gotta, woulda | 5 | |
14879279537 | Concrete language | Language that describes specific, observable things, people or places Ex:House, Window, apple | 6 | |
14884819784 | Connotation | The ideas and emotions associated with a word Ex: Guest/ Intruder | 7 | |
14884819785 | Iambic | A metrical foot in poetry that consist of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable | 8 | |
14884819786 | Meter | The more or less regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables | 9 | |
14884819787 | Parody | An exaggerated imitation of a unusually more serious work for humorous purposes | 10 | |
14884819788 | Stream of Consciousness | A person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow. | 11 | |
14884819789 | Syntax | The rules that determine how words combine into phrases and sentences | 12 |
AP English 4: Literature & Composition Flashcards
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