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AP Literature: Introduction to Poetry Flashcards

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6589921758Deus Ex Machinaan unrealistic event that resolves the plot0
6589921759Metaphorcomparing two unlike items when one is simply stated as being the other1
6589921760Toneauthor's attitude toward characters, setting, or events2
6589921761Symbolismuse of objects with meaning beyond literal3
6589921762Denouementresult of a series of events, usually after the climax4
6589921763Climaxheight of tension; turning point5
6589921764In Media Resauthor enters narrative at an important point rather than the beginning6
6589921765Elegymournful, sad poem; funeral song7
6589921766Refrainline or group of repeated lines8
6589921767Dissonancedeliberate use of harsh sounds in syllables, words, or phrases to create tension9
6589921768Dictionword choice10
6589921769Syntaxgrammar structure of a sentence11
6589921770Understatementdownplaying12
6589921771Parallelismpattern of similar grammar and sentence length13
6589921772Stanzaarrangement of lines, often with a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme; forms a division in the poem14
6589921773Imageryfigurative description to form mental images15
6589921774Meterrepetitive rhythmic element16
6589921775Themedominant idea17
6589921776Dictionstyle of speaking dependent on word choice18
6589921777Syntaxpatterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words19
6589921778Denotationexplicit or direct meaning20
6589921779Connotationimplied meaning21
6589921780Conceitelaborate fanciful metaphor22
6589921781Metonymyusing the name of an object in place of one to which it is connected23
6589921782Synecdochea part is used for the whole, or a whole for the part24
6589921783Personificationgiving human characteristics to non-human objects25
6589921784Allusioncasual reference to an idea or work beyond the text26
6589921785Oxymoronself-contradictory phrase27
6589921786Paradoxsomething that seems absurd and contradictory but suggests a possible truth28
6589921787Hyperboleexaggeration29
6589921788Apostropheaddressing someone who is absent or inanimate30
6589921789Symbolismone object representing another object or idea31
6589921790Ironyconveying meaning opposite of the literal meaning32
6589921791Personaa character's personality33
6589921792Juxtapositionplacing two objects close together for comparison34

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