The Glossary of Literary Terms for the AP English Literature and Composition Test
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| 4319705996 | Aphorism | A short and usually witty saying. | 0 | |
| 4319706001 | Assonance | The repeated use of vowel sounds: "Old king Cole was a merry old soul." | 1 | |
| 4319706026 | Syntax | The ordering and structuring of words. | 2 | |
| 4319706029 | Doggerel | Crude, simplistic verse, often in sing-song rhyme, like limericks. | 3 | |
| 4319706043 | Foot | The basic rhythmic unit of a line of poetry, formed by a combination of two or three syllables, either stressed or unstressed. | 4 | |
| 4319706072 | Parable | A story that instructs. | 5 | |
| 4319706083 | Omniscient | A third person narrator who sees into each character's mind and understands all the action going on. | 6 | |
| 4319706096 | Soliloquy | A speech spoken by a character alone on stage, meant to convey the impression that the audience is listening to the character's thoughts. | 7 | |
| 4319706123 | Tetrameter | A poetic line with four feet | 8 | |
| 4319706124 | Trimeter | A poetic line with three feet | 9 | |
| 4319706125 | Blank Verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter. | 10 |
