5905962454 | Colloquial | Language that is casual and conversational. Informal spoken language or conversation. | 0 | |
5905962455 | Pedantic | A negative term that implies someone is showing off book learning or trivia especially in a tiresome way. | 1 | |
5905962456 | Pastoral | Of or relating to the countryside or to the lives of people who live in the country. | 2 | |
5905962457 | Brevity | The use of few words to say something; the quality or fact of lasting only for a short period of time. | 3 | |
5905962458 | Couplet | To rhyming lines that form a unit at the end of a sonnet. Often relates to the theme. | 4 | |
5905962459 | Refrain | A 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 | |
5905962460 | Ambiguity | Use 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 | |
5905962461 | Synecdoche | A part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part. | 7 |
AP Literature Vocab #5 Flashcards
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