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AP LITERATURE VOCAB QUIZ 1 Flashcards

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10565314119alliterationthe occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.0
10565315498allusionan indirect or passing reference.1
10565315499anachronisma thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists,2
10565319463analogya comparison between two things,3
10565319464ancedotea short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. "told anecdotes about his job"4
10565322428apostropheaddresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing5
10565322429assonacethe repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables6
10565324716balladpoem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.7
10565324717caricaturecharacteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.8
10565332660collquialisma word or phrase that is not formal or literary,9

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