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AP Literature Vocab 10 Flashcards

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4758391959Hero/ Heroinemain character who has strength or moral character, a noble cause0
4758391960Heroic Couplettwo successive lines of rhymed poetry in iambic pentameter1
4758391961Homilya long speech denouncing someone or something; a story or lecture on a religious or moral theme; a didactic lecture2
4758391962Hubristhe pride or overconfidence which often leads a hero to overlook divine warning or to break a moral law3
4758391963Humorwriting whose purpose it is to evoke some kind of laughter4
4758391964Hyperboleexaggeration for effect and emphasis, overstatement; figure of speech in which an overstatement or exaggeration occurs5
4758391965Iambic PentameterA metrical pattern in poetry which consists of five iambic feet per line. (An iamb, or iambic foot, consists of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, i.e. "away.")6
4758391966Idiomexpressions that do not translate exactly into what a speaker means; idioms are culturally relevant; when a person uses an idiomatic expression, he or she truly "thinks" in the language.7
4758391967In medias resWhen an author begins a story in the middle8
4758391968Internal Rhymerhyming within lines of verse instead of at the ends of lines9

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