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AP Literature Vocab #5 Flashcards

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5905962454ColloquialLanguage that is casual and conversational. Informal spoken language or conversation.0
5905962455PedanticA negative term that implies someone is showing off book learning or trivia especially in a tiresome way.1
5905962456PastoralOf or relating to the countryside or to the lives of people who live in the country.2
5905962457BrevityThe use of few words to say something; the quality or fact of lasting only for a short period of time.3
5905962458CoupletTo rhyming lines that form a unit at the end of a sonnet. Often relates to the theme.4
5905962459RefrainA verse, line, set, or group of lines that appears at the end of a stanza or where a poem divides ideas. Emphasizes an idea through repetition.5
5905962460AmbiguityUse of language where the meaning is unclear or has two or more possible interpretations. Create layers of meaning in the mind of the reader.6
5905962461SynecdocheA part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part.7

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