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AP Literature Vocabulary Quiz #4 Flashcards

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7577436406Hubrisexcessive pride or arrogance0
7577438466Hyperboleexaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.1
7577442258Iambic pentameter.a line of verse having five metrical feet (Shakespeare's most frequent writing pattern).2
7577445294ImageryDescription that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)3
7577446489In medias resinto the middle of a narrative; without preamble4
7577448063IronyA contrast between expectation and reality5
7577450073Juxtapositionplacing two ideas, words, or images side by side so that their closeness creates and original, ironic, or insightful meaning.6
7577451937LitotesA form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite7
7577453883MetaphorA comparison without using like or as8
7577455703Meter (rhythm)the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.9
7577456971Metonymysubstituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it10
7577458540MotifA recurring theme, subject or idea11
7577460475Narrator (persona/ point of view)the teller of the story.12
7577462158OnomatopoeiaA word that imitates the sound it represents.13
7577463964Paradoxa statement, often metaphorical, that seems to be self-contradictory but which has valid meaning.14

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