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The Glossary of Literary Terms for the AP English Literature and Composition Test

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6668662008FoilA secondary character whose purpose is to highlight the characteristics of a main character, usually by contrast.0
6668662012HubrisExcessive pride or arrogance.1
6668662027JuxtaposeTo place things next to each other to invite contrast or dissimilarity.2
6668662070ProsodyThe overall picture of rhythm/meter in a poem that includes the baseline rhythm/meter and mentions of variations.3
6668662076heroic coupleta couplet (two lines) of rhymed iambic pentameter4
6668662078Shakespearean sonnet3 quatrains and a couplet: abab, cdcd, efef, gg.5
6668662079Italian sonnetAn octave followed by a sestet: abba, abba, cd,cd,cd/cde,cde/cdc,cdc.6
6668662080Ballad stanzaA quatrain with alternating lines of 6 and 8 syllables: abcb.7
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