6552962638 | Elegy | A sustained and formal poem setting forth the poet's meditations upon death or another solemn theme | 0 | |
6552968868 | Ellipsis | the omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced for the context | 1 | |
6552976569 | End-Stopped | A line with a pause at the end. (Line end with period, a comma, a colon, a semicolon, and exclamation point, or a question mark) | 2 | |
6552988308 | Enjambment | the continuation of the sense and grammatical construction from one line of poetry to the next. | 3 | |
6553002025 | Epigram | Brief, clever, and memorable statement | 4 | |
6553004399 | Epilogue | A conclusion added to a literary work such as a novel, play, movie, or long poem. opposite of a prologue | 5 | |
6553008855 | Epiphany | Revelation of such power and insight that it alters the entire world view | 6 | |
6553017250 | Epistle | A poem addressed to a friend or a family member | 7 | |
6553023078 | Epistrophe | Ending a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the smae word or words | 8 | |
6553029408 | Epithet | A short poetic nickname | 9 | |
6553033011 | etymology | Study of the history of words, origin, form, and meaning have changed over time | 10 | |
6553038607 | Euphemism | The substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener | 11 | |
6553046357 | Euphony | A style in which combinations of words pleasant to the ear predominate. opposite of cacophony | 12 | |
6553052054 | Extended metaphor | An implied analogy, or comparison, which is carried throughout a stanza or an entire poem | 13 | |
6553059665 | Existentialism | A twentieth-century philosophy arguing that ethical human beings are in sense cursed with absolutely free will in a purposeless universe. | 14 | |
6553072378 | Eye rhyme | Rhyme that appears correct from spelling, but is half-rhyme or slant-rhyme from the pronunciation | 15 | |
6553078524 | Fable | Succinct fictional story featuring animals, etc that are given human characteristics | 16 | |
6553085530 | Farce | A form of low comedy designed to provoke laughter through highly exaggerated caricatures of people in improbable or silly situations | 17 | |
6553092588 | Feminine rhyme | A rhyme of two syllables, one stressed and one unstressed | 18 | |
6553097041 | Figurative language | writing that uses figures of speech such as Metaphor, irony, and simile | 19 |
AP Literature Pt.4 Flashcards
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