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AP English Literature: Lit Terms Flashcards
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| 4304224832 | Allegory | story or poem in which elements stand for other people or for abstract ideas or qualities | 0 | |
| 4304233354 | Anaphora | repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row | 1 | |
| 4304235638 | Ananstrophe | inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence | 2 | |
| 4304241217 | Antimetabole | repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order | 3 | |
| 4304242366 | Antithesis | balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure | 4 | |
| 4304245196 | Aphorism | brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life, or of a principle or accepted general truth | 5 | |
| 4304247774 | Apostrophe | calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea. | 6 | |
| 4304249426 | Invocation | asking a god or goddess for inspiration | 7 | |
| 4304250290 | Apposition | placing in immediately succeeding order of two or more coordinate elements, the latter of which is an explanation, qualification, or modification of the first (often set by a colon) | 8 | |
| 4304254906 | Assonance | the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds especially in words that are together | 9 | |
| 4304256214 | Asyndeton | commas used without conjunction to separate a series of words, thus emphasizing the parts equally | 10 | |
| 4304257604 | Balance | constructing a sentence so that both halves are about the same length and importance | 11 | |
| 4304271108 | Chiasmus | in poetry; a type of rhetorical balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed (flowers are lovely, love is flowerlike) | 12 | |
| 4304280934 | Conceit | an elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different | 13 | |
| 4304282508 | Confessional Poetry | a twentieth century term used to describe poetry that uses intimate material from the poets life | 14 | |
| 4304291626 | Diction | a speaker or writer's choice of words | 15 | |
| 4304292959 | Didactic | form of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking | 16 | |
| 4304295668 | Elegy | a poem of mourning, usually about someone who has died | 17 | |
| 4304297332 | Epanalepsis | device of repetition in which the same expression is repeated both at the beginning and at the end of the line, clause, or sentence | 18 | |
| 4304308940 | Epithet | an adjective or adjective phrase applied to a person or thing that is frequently used to emphasize a characteristic quality | 19 | |
| 4304314021 | Argumentation | one of the four forms of discourse which uses logic, ethics, and emotional appeals | 20 | |
| 4304315219 | Persuasion | relies more on emotional appeals than on facts | 21 | |
| 4304316378 | Argument | form of a persuasion that appeals to reason instead of emotion to convince an audience to think or act in a certain way | 22 | |
| 4304333965 | Explication | act of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text, usually involves close reading and special attention to figurative language | 23 | |
| 4304336181 | Fable | a very short story told in prose or poetry that teaches a practical lesson about how to succeed in life | 24 | |
| 4304338207 | Farce | a type of comedy in which ridiculous and often stereotyped characters are involved in silly, far-fetched situations | 25 | |
| 4304365520 | Hypotactic | sentence marked by the use of connecting words between clauses or sentences, explicitly showing the logical or other relationships between them | 26 | |
| 4304381497 | Litotes | a form of understatement in which the positive form is emphasized through the negation of a negative form | 27 | |
| 4304383473 | Local Color | a term applied to emphasis on a particular setting, including its customs, clothing, dialect and landscape | 28 | |
| 4304385977 | Lyric Poem | a poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of the speaker | 29 | |
| 4304388320 | Ballad | tells a story- type of dramatic poem | 30 | |
| 4304393317 | Metonymy | a figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing is referred to by something closely associated with it | 31 | |
| 4304395984 | Parable | a short story that teaches a moral | 32 | |
| 4304396619 | Parallel Structure | the repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures | 33 | |
| 4304398219 | Paratactic Sentence | simply juxtaposes clauses or sentences | 34 | |
| 4304411012 | Periodic | sentence that places the main idea or central complete though at the end of the sentence, after all introductory elements | 35 | |
| 4304413886 | Polysyndenton | sentence which uses conjunction with NO commas to separate the items in a series | 36 | |
| 4304415528 | Refrain | word or phrase repeated several times within a poem for effect | 37 | |
| 4304419062 | Synechdoche | a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole | 38 | |
| 4304420749 | Telegraphic Sentence | a sentence shorter than five words in length | 39 | |
| 4304421276 | Tricolon | sentence of three parts of equal importance and length, usually three independent clauses | 40 |
AP Language Flashcards
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| 7368192533 | Audience | The listener, viewer, or reader of a text. Most texts are likely to have multiple audiences | 0 | |
| 7368192534 | Concession | An acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable. In a strong argument, a concession is usually accompanied by a refutation challenging the validity of the opposing argument | 1 | |
| 7368195565 | Connotation | Meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond its dictionary definition or denotation. Connotations are usually positive or negative, and they can greatly affect the authors tone. Consider the connotations of the words below, all of which mean "overweight". The cat is plump, fat, obese | 2 | |
| 7368195566 | Context | The circumstances, atmosphere, attitude and events surrounding a text | 3 | |
| 7368198432 | Counterargument | An opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward. Rather than ignoring a counterargument, a strong writer will usually address it through the process of concession and refutation | 4 | |
| 7368201643 | Ethos | Greek for "character". Speakers appeal to ethos to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a given topic. Ethos is established by both who you are and what you say | 5 | |
| 7368201644 | Logos | Greek for "embodied thought". Speakers appeal to logos or reason, by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimony to back them up | 6 | |
| 7368205338 | Occasion | The time and place a speech is given or a piece is written | 7 | |
| 7368208113 | Pathos | Greek for "suffering" or "experience". Speakers appeal to pathos to emotionally motivate their audience. More specific appeals to pathos might play on the audiences values, desires and hopes, on the one hand, or fears and prejudices on the other. | 8 | |
| 7368208114 | Persona | Greek for "mask". The face or character a speaker shows to his or her audience | 9 | |
| 7368210069 | Polemic | Greek for "hostile". An aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others. Polemics generally do not concede that opposing opinions have any merit. | 10 | |
| 7368210070 | Propaganda | The spread of ideas and information to further a cause. In its negative sense, propaganda is the use of rumors, lies, disinformation, and scare tactics in order to damage or promote a cause | 11 | |
| 7368212614 | Purpose | The goal the speaker wants to achieve | 12 | |
| 7368214777 | Refutation | A denial of the validity of an opposing argument. In order to sound reasonable, refutations often follow a concession that acknowledges that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable | 13 | |
| 7368214778 | Rhetoric | As Aristotle defined the term, "the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion". in other words, it is the art of finding ways to persuade an audience | 14 | |
| 7368217241 | Rhetorical Appeals | Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling. The three major appeals are to ethos(character), logos(reason), and pathos(emotion) | 15 | |
| 7368223739 | Rhetorical triangle(Aristotelian Triangle) | A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text | 16 | |
| 7368223740 | SOAPS | A mnemonic device that stands for Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, and Speaker. It is a handy way to remember the various elements that make up a rhetorical situation | 17 | |
| 7368223741 | Speaker | The person or group who creates a text. This might be a politician who delivers a speech, a commentor who writes an article, an artist who draws a political cartoon | 18 | |
| 7368226122 | Subject | The topic of a text. What the text is about | 19 | |
| 7368226123 | Text | While this term generally means the written word, in the humanities it has come to mean any cultural product that can be "read"- meaning not just consumed and comprehended, but investigated. This includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, political cartoons, fine art photography, performances, fashion, cultural trends. | 20 |
AP Literature Terms Flashcards
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| 5745718545 | personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman | 0 | |
| 5745720602 | anaphora | the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence | 1 | |
| 5745723305 | chiasmus | a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form | 2 | |
| 5745726762 | understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse or less important than it actually is | 3 | |
| 5745728650 | metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable | 4 | |
| 5745732570 | paradox | a statement that, despite apparently sound reasoning from true premises, leads to a self-contradictory or logically unacceptable conclusion | 5 | |
| 5745736847 | simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind | 6 | |
| 5745739174 | metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant | 7 | |
| 5745743214 | allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference | 8 | |
| 5745745859 | repetition | the action of repeating something that has already been said or written | 9 | |
| 5745747494 | inversion | the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect or emphasis | 10 | |
| 5745750262 | apostrophe | when a speaker directly addresses someone or something not present | 11 | |
| 5745753416 | irony | a contrast of incongruity between expectations for a situation and what is reality | 12 | |
| 5745755483 | alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words | 13 | |
| 5745757569 | euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to someone unpleasant or embarrasing | 14 | |
| 5745764432 | rhetorical question | a question that you ask without expecting an answer | 15 | |
| 5745766046 | hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally | 16 |
AP Language AP Test Flashcards
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| 4242968995 | abstract | An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research. Dealing with or tending to deal with a subject apart from a particular or specific instance. | 0 | |
| 4242975176 | Ad Hominem | Directed to or appealing to feelings or prejudices instead of to intellect or reason. | 1 | |
| 4243031484 | Adage | A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language. Example "There is more than one way to skin a cat" | 2 | |
| 4243038759 | Allegory | A story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surface | 3 | |
| 4243041250 | Alliteration | The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines in a poem. | 4 | |
| 4243045127 | Allusion | A reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea. | 5 | |
| 4243048790 | Ambiguity | A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings or interpretations | 6 | |
| 4243052906 | Anachronism | A person, scene, event, or other element that fails to correspond with the appropriate time or era | 7 | |
| 4243058715 | Analogy | A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things; a passage that points out several similarities between two unlike things is called an extended analogy. | 8 | |
| 4243064834 | anecdote | A brief narrative often used to illustrate or make a point | 9 | |
| 4243070351 | Annotation | A brief explanation, summary, or evaluation of a text or work of literature | 10 | |
| 4243075022 | Antagonist | A character or force in a work of literature that, by opposing the protagonist, produces tension or conflict | 11 | |
| 4243079689 | Antecdent | A word to which a pronoun refers | 12 | |
| 4243081431 | Antithesis | A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words, clauses, or sentences, as in the following,"They promised freedom but provided slavery." "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." | 13 | |
| 4243091070 | Aphorism | A short, pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment | 14 | |
| 4243092948 | Apollonian | It refers to the most noble, godlike qualities of human nature and behavior | 15 | |
| 4243101602 | Apostrophe | A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present | 16 | |
| 4243105721 | Arch | Characterized by clever or sly humor, often saucy, playful, and somewhat irreverent | 17 | |
| 4243108943 | Archetype | An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form | 18 |
AP Spanish Language Cram Review Flashcards
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| 4350444536 | el medioambiente/ambiental | evironment | 0 | |
| 4350445096 | la sostentabilidad | sustainabilty | 1 | |
| 4350445483 | la ética | Ethics | 2 | |
| 4350447242 | los negocios | business; commerce | 3 | |
| 4350448640 | polémico | controversial | 4 | |
| 4350448641 | marginación | marginalization | 5 | |
| 4350449237 | recursos | resources | 6 | |
| 4350450208 | diversidad | diversity | 7 | |
| 4350450209 | atributos | Attributes | 8 | |
| 4350451153 | desarrollo | development | 9 | |
| 4350452341 | hacerse (se hizo) | to become | 10 | |
| 4350453232 | aceso | access | 11 | |
| 4350453988 | la escasez | shortage | 12 | |
| 4350453989 | la crisis | crisis | 13 | |
| 4350454473 | crecimiento | growth | 14 | |
| 4350455096 | aumentar | to increase | 15 | |
| 4350456264 | el éxito | success | 16 | |
| 4350456829 | inversiones | investments | 17 | |
| 4350456830 | desafío | challenge | 18 | |
| 4350458059 | envejecimiento | aging | 19 | |
| 4350458060 | lanzar | to launch | 20 | |
| 4350458779 | alcanzar | to reach | 21 | |
| 4350459308 | apoyar | to support | 22 | |
| 4350459309 | lograr/ logros | to achieve | 23 | |
| 4350461770 | se puede... | one can | 24 | |
| 4350463808 | si hubiera___ado/ido ho/to | entonces (infinitive +_____ía) | 25 | |
| 4350467290 | Si yo fuera en tu lugar, | yo (conditional.... estudaría más et cetera) ___ía | 26 | |
| 4350470085 | Quiere decir | means | 27 | |
| 4350470595 | o sea | in other words | 28 | |
| 4350471211 | por eso | therefore | 29 | |
| 4350471212 | Creo que | I think that | 30 | |
| 4350472185 | Es obvio que | it's obvious that | 31 | |
| 4350472853 | Dudo que ___subjunctive | I doubt that | 32 | |
| 4350473901 | lo que importa es que ___ subjunctive | The important thing is that____ | 33 | |
| 4350476632 | Lo triste (insert adjective) es que____ | The sad (adjective) part about this is that _____ | 34 | |
| 4350478344 | ¡Qué triste (insert adjective)! | How sad(adjective)! | 35 | |
| 4350479555 | La verdad es que ____ | actually | 36 | |
| 4350479556 | realizar | to perform, to accomplish | 37 | |
| 4350481268 | para empezar (Primero) | to begin with | 38 | |
| 4350482193 | para continuar (además/también) | to continue | 39 | |
| 4350484999 | para concluir (finalmente) | to conclude | 40 | |
| 4350485713 | según la fuente INTEGRATE AT LEAST ONE QUOTE | according to the source | 41 | |
| 4350488361 | dice relata reporta explica indica analiza | ways to say "Says" creatively | 42 | |
| 4350490760 | semejanzas diferencias | similarities and differences | 43 | |
| 4350491856 | ventajas desventajas | advantages disadvantages | 44 | |
| 4350495249 | por el otro lado por UNA mano, por la otra | to highlight a counter argument | 45 | |
| 4350499138 | opino que creo que pienso que sugiero que | ways to give your point of view | 46 | |
| 4350500542 | pero en cambio al contrario | transition words to disagree | 47 | |
| 4350502192 | como resultado de otro modo | drawing conclusion | 48 | |
| 4350503448 | sobre todo por ejemplo | highlighting supporting details | 49 | |
| 4350504958 | ONU | United Nations | 50 | |
| 4350505583 | ONG (Kiva, Doctores sin Fronteras) | non-governmental organization | 51 | |
| 4350576083 | cifras | figures | 52 | |
| 4350577278 | estadisticas | statistics | 53 | |
| 4350578533 | tabla la imagen el gráfico | chart image graphic | 54 |
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Vagina Flashcards
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| 6628284412 | Labia majora | Outer fold of vagina | 0 | |
| 6628284413 | Labia minora | Inner fold of vagina | 1 | |
| 6628286164 | Clitoris | Behind the pubic bone | 2 | |
| 6628286165 | Urethra |  | 3 | |
| 6628286166 | Vaginal canal | First portion, about 4 inches | 4 | |
| 6628288136 | Cervix |  | 5 | |
| 6628288137 | External Os |  | 6 | |
| 6628290386 | Fallopian Tube | Uterine |  | 7 |
| 6628293040 | Ovarian Ligamint | Tissues that connects to the ovaries | 8 |
AP Literature Terms Flashcards
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| 5964692179 | Tone | Author's implicit attitude towards reader or people, events, etc in a work. Revealed by the elements of style. | 0 | |
| 5964703156 | Syntax | Ordering of words into meaningful verbal patterns (ie. phrases, clauses). Often used to place emphasis on a word. | 1 | |
| 5964709600 | Persona | Speaker created by the writer to tell a story/speak in a poem. Separate self: not a character, does not reflect author's personal voice. | 2 | |
| 5964716310 | Speaker | Voice used by an author to tell a story. Often a created identity, not necessarily equated with the author. | 3 | |
| 5964736456 | Free Verse (open form) | Nonconformity to established patterns of meter, rhyme, and stanza. Uses speech patterns, grammar, emphasis and breath pauses to decide line breaks. Usually does not rhyme. | 4 | |
| 5964756911 | Stanza | A grouping of lines, set off by a space, that usually has a set pattern of meter and rhyme. | 5 | |
| 5964761418 | Rhyme Scheme | The pattern of end rhymes. Mapped out by noting patterns where the first rhyme sound is a, the second is b, etc. | 6 | |
| 5964773136 | Couplet | 2 consecutive lines of poetry that usually rhyme and have the same meter. | 7 | |
| 5964780384 | Heroic Couplet | A couplet in rhymed iambic pentameter. | 8 | |
| 5964787624 | Quatrain | A four line stanza, can have various meters and rhyme schemes. | 9 | |
| 5964790052 | Sonnet | Fixed form of lyric poetry with 14 lines (often in iambic pentameter). Two types: Italian/Petrarchan and English. | 10 | |
| 5964804028 | Petrarchan (Italian) Sonnet | Divided into an octave (typically rhymes abbaabba) and a sestet (which can have varying rhyme schemes). Octave tends to present situation or problem which the sestet comments upon or resolves. | 11 | |
| 5964832538 | Shakespearean (English) Sonnet | Organized into 3 quatrains and a couplet, typically rhyming abab, cdcd, efef, gg. Has flexibility with thematic breaks but most pronounced break tends to come with concluding couplet. | 12 | |
| 5964849143 | Octave | A stanza consisting of 8 lines. | 13 | |
| 5964850568 | Sestet | A stanza consisting of exactly 6 lines. | 14 | |
| 5964856500 | Villanelle | A fixed form of poetry consisting of 19 lines of any length divided into 6 stanzas: 5 tercets and a concluding quatrain. The 1st and 3rd lines of the initial tercet rhyme and this rhyme is repeated in the subsequent tercets (aba) and the final 2 lines of the quatrain (abaa). Line 1 appears in its entirety in lines 6, 12 and 18. Likewise for line 3 in lines 9, 15, and 19 | 15 | |
| 5964894047 | Elegy | A mournful, contemplative lyric poem written to commemorate someone who is dead, usually ending in a consolation. May also be a serious, meditative poem to express a speaker's melancholy thoughts. | 16 | |
| 5964895944 | Ode | A relatively long lyric poem that often expresses lofty emotions in a dignified style. Characterized by a serious topic (truth, freedom, meaning of life) and tends to have a serious tone. | 17 | |
| 5964895945 | Pastoral | A work of literature presenting an idealized version of country life. | 18 | |
| 5964943031 | End Rhyme | Rhyme at the end of the lines. | 19 | |
| 5964945400 | Internal Rhyme | Places at least one of the rhymed words within the line. | 20 | |
| 5964952959 | Masculine Rhyme | The rhyming of single-syllable words. Also occurs in words with more than one syllable when the same sound occurs in the final stressed syllable. | 21 | |
| 5964968282 | Feminine Rhyme | Rhymed stressed syllable followed by one or more identical unstressed syllables. | 22 | |
| 5964976903 | Near Rhyme (slant rhyme) | The sounds are almost but not exactly alike. | 23 | |
| 5964983130 | Onomatopoeia | The use of a word that resembles the sound it denotes (buzz, rattle, bang). Can also be more than one word. | 24 | |
| 5964989276 | Alliteration | Repetition of same consonant sounds, based on sound not spelling. | 25 | |
| 5964998651 | Assonance | Repetition of internal vowel sounds in nearby words that do not end the same (aslEEp under a trEE) | 26 | |
| 5965006820 | Consonance | A type of near rhyme that consists of identical consonant sounds preceded by different vowel sounds (home and same) | 27 | |
| 5965011517 | Euphony | Language that is smooth and musically pleasant to the ear. | 28 | |
| 5965011518 | Cacophony | Language that is discordant and difficult to pronounce. | 29 | |
| 5965667250 | Implied Metaphor | Subtle comparison where the two items being compared are not specifically explained. | 30 | |
| 5965672014 | Extended Metaphor | Sustained comparison where all or part of a poem consists of a series of related metaphors. | 31 | |
| 5965676517 | Personification | Metaphor where human characteristics are applied to nonhuman things. | 32 | |
| 5965676518 | Synecdoche | Metaphor in which part of something is used to signify the whole. | 33 | |
| 5965677492 | Metonymy | Metaphor in which something closely associated with a subject is substituted for it. (ie. crown for king) | 34 | |
| 5965686051 | Hyperbole | An exaggerated statement that adds emphasis without intending to be literally true. | 35 | |
| 5965692482 | Understatement | Figure of speech that says less than intended, usually has an ironic effect. | 36 | |
| 5965694421 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be contradictory but then, upon closer inspection, turns out to make sense. | 37 | |
| 5965695522 | Oxymoron | A condensed form of paradox in which 2 contradictory words are used together. | 38 | |
| 5965699169 | Diction | A writer's choice of words, phrases, sentence structures, etc. which combine to help create meaning. | 39 | |
| 5965702460 | Formal Diction | Dignified, impersonal, and elevated use of language - lofty tone | 40 | |
| 5965705002 | Informal Diction | Plain, everyday language (slang, contractions, etc) | 41 | |
| 5965708474 | Denotation | Dictionary meaning of a word | 42 | |
| 5965709624 | Connotation | Associations and implications beyond the literal meaning of a word. | 43 | |
| 5965719115 | Rhythm | Recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. | 44 | |
| 5965722441 | Stress/Accent | Emphasis (or accent) given a syllable in pronunciation. | 45 | |
| 5965725555 | Meter | Rhythmic pattern of stresses that recurs in a poem. Rising meter: metrical feet which move from unstressed to stressed Falling meter: metrical feet which move from stressed to unstressed. | 46 | |
| 5965725556 | Foot | Metrical unit by which a line of poetry is measured. Usually consists of 1 stressed and 1-2 unstressed syllables. | 47 | |
| 5965740346 | Iamb | 1 unstressed then 1 stressed | 48 | |
| 5965740347 | Trochee | 1 stressed then 1 unstressed | 49 | |
| 5965740348 | Anapest | 2 unstressed then 1 stressed | 50 | |
| 5965740870 | Dactyl | 1 stressed then 2 unstressed | 51 | |
| 5965743720 | Spondee | 2 stressed - not a sustained metrical foot, used more for variety or emphasis | 52 | |
| 5965750244 | Line | Sequence of words printed as a separate entity on the page. Usually measure by number of feet they contain (monometer-octameter) | 53 | |
| 5965751685 | Iambic Pentameter | Metrical pattern in poetry with 5 iambic feet per line | 54 | |
| 5965756780 | Blank Verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter. | 55 | |
| 5965757736 | Caesura | Pause within a line of poetry that contributes to the rhythm of the line. Indicated by a double vertical line. | 56 | |
| 5965763636 | End-stopped line | A poetic line with a pause at the end. Often marked by punctuation. | 57 | |
| 5965768611 | Enjambment | When one line ends without a pause and continues into the next line for its meaning | 58 | |
| 6737663655 | Allegory | A story in which people, things and events have another meaning | 59 | |
| 6737663656 | Apostrophe | Direct address to someone/something that is not actually there | 60 | |
| 6737663657 | Didactic | Explicitly instructive and intending to teach | 61 | |
| 6737663658 | Epigram | Brief and pointed form of verse | 62 | |
| 6737663659 | Euphemism | Indirection to avoid offensive bluntness i.e deceased for dead | 63 | |
| 6737663660 | Alludion | Reference in a work of literature to something outside of the work | 64 | |
| 6737663661 | Soliloquy | Monologue in which the character is alone and speaking his/her thoughts aloud | 65 | |
| 6737663662 | Syllogism | Two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them | 66 | |
| 6738042425 | Antecedenr | Word, phrase, clause to which pronoun refers -comes before | 67 | |
| 6738042426 | Modernist | Writing from WW1 to pre-WW2 | 68 |
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