8771988281 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one | 0 | |
8771989398 | Elegy | poem that deals with death | 1 | |
8771990130 | Caesura | a break between words within a metrical foot | 2 | |
8771993908 | Ballad | poem that is typically arranged in quatrains with the rhyme scheme | 3 | |
8771993909 | Figure of Speech | word or phrase that has a meaning other than the literal meaning | 4 | |
8771995293 | Litotes | denial of opposite | 5 | |
8771995955 | Epic | long narrative poem | 6 | |
8771995956 | Masque | a form of amateur dramatic entertainment, popular among the nobility in 16th- and 17th-century England, which consisted of dancing and acting performed by masked players | 7 | |
8771997333 | Verbal Irony | contrast of what is stated and what is suggested | 8 | |
8771998876 | Mixed Metaphor | a combination of two or more incompatible metaphors, which produces a ridiculous effect | 9 |
AP Literature Terms- Week 1 Flashcards
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