AP english lit terms
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| a technique in poetry that involves the running on of a line or stanza | ||
| pleasant presentation of sounds in a literary work | ||
| poetry without a define form, meter, or rhyme scheme | ||
| highly structured poetic form that comprises 6 stanzas: 5 tercets and a quatrain | ||
| pattern of beats in poetry | ||
| words that sound like the sound they represent | ||
| 6-line stanza | ||
| style or movement of literature that has as its foundation an interest in freedom, adventure, idealism, and escape | ||
| mode of writing based on ridicule, which criticizes the faults of society | ||
| 3-line stanza | ||
| direct address in poetry | ||
| metrical pattern of two unaccented syllable then an accented syllable | ||
| simple narrative poem, often with dialogue that is written in quatrains | ||
| interpretive level of a word | ||
| indirect comparison using "like" or "as" | ||
| figure of speech utilizing a part as representative of the whole | ||
| a figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea | ||
| a metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one. | ||
| an extreme exaggeration | ||
| the literal or dictionary meaning of a word | ||
| a reference contained in a word | ||
| a type of lyric poem which extols the virtues of an ideal place or time | ||
| an unexpected twist or contrast between what happens and what was expected to happen. | ||
| writing that reflects image of a character, event, or concept | ||
| the assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts | ||
| unrhymed iambic pentameter | ||
| a simple, symbolic story usually employing animals as characters | ||
| a seemingly illogical, logical statement | ||
| a story that operates on more than one level and usually teaches a moral lesson | ||
| play on words | ||
| an image of contradictory terms | ||
| two stressed syllables | ||
| harsh, discordant sounds | ||
| a love song set at dawn about the parting of two lovers | ||
| poem that laments the dead | ||
| brief, witty poem | ||
| background information presented in a literary work | ||
| metrical unit in poetry | ||
| repetition of initial consonant sounds | ||
| words spoken by an actor only intended for the audience to hear | ||
| break or pause to emphasize meaning | ||
| purging of emotional tensions | ||
| including a humourous character of scene to contrast with tragic elements of a work | ||
| two lines of rhyming poetry | ||
| foot of poetry consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables | ||
| conclusion |