7577436406 | Hubris | excessive pride or arrogance | 0 | |
7577438466 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 1 | |
7577442258 | Iambic pentameter. | a line of verse having five metrical feet (Shakespeare's most frequent writing pattern). | 2 | |
7577445294 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 3 | |
7577446489 | In medias res | into the middle of a narrative; without preamble | 4 | |
7577448063 | Irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | 5 | |
7577450073 | Juxtaposition | placing two ideas, words, or images side by side so that their closeness creates and original, ironic, or insightful meaning. | 6 | |
7577451937 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 7 | |
7577453883 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 8 | |
7577455703 | Meter (rhythm) | the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. | 9 | |
7577456971 | Metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | 10 | |
7577458540 | Motif | A recurring theme, subject or idea | 11 | |
7577460475 | Narrator (persona/ point of view) | the teller of the story. | 12 | |
7577462158 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 13 | |
7577463964 | Paradox | a statement, often metaphorical, that seems to be self-contradictory but which has valid meaning. | 14 |
AP Literature Vocabulary Quiz #4 Flashcards
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