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AP Literature Vocabulary #13 Literary Terms Flashcards

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8390045465palindrome *ex:* race car, level, aziza, taco cata word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward0
8390054330mnemonic *ex:* "I before e except after c"; SLAPEGG - 7 deadly sins; Principle/Principal - one is your pala technique of improving the memory1
8390057776Homograph *ex:* agape: love / agape: open; bass: fish / bass: sounda word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not2
8390063010Homonym *ex:* bear: animal / bear: carry; bat: animal / bat: sticka word the same as another in sound and spelling but different in meaning3
8390067154Homophone *ex:* great / grate; ceiling / sealing; meet / meata word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not / specific type of homonym4
8390079050Heteronyms *ex:* wound (oo sound) / wound (ow sound) ; dove (bird) / dove (swimming)are homonyms that share the same spelling but have different pronunciations. Homographs that are not homophones5
8390084402Capitonyms *ex:* Turkey / turkey; March / march; Polish / polishare homonyms that share the same spelling but have different meanings when capitalized (and may or may not have different pronunciations)6
8390089517anaphora *ex:* MLK Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech; "Jingle Bells"the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines7
8390093649antistrophe *ex:* "Yellow Submarine" song; "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poerepetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses8
8390099242epithet *ex:* "Richard the Lionhearted"; "Catherine the Great"an adjective or adjective phrase appropriately qualifying a subject (noun) by naming a key or important characteristic of the subject9

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