AP Language Terms Quiz 4 Flashcards
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2880309865 | Rhyme Scheme | The pattern of a poem's end rhymes. | 0 | |
2880313404 | Stressed and Unstressed Syllables | One syllable is stressed, or said with more force. | 1 | |
2880317229 | Meter | A regular pattern to the syllables in lines of poetry | 2 | |
2880320372 | Free Verse | Poetry that doesn't have much meter or rhyme | 3 | |
2880323373 | Iambic Pentameter | Poetry that is written in lines of 10 syllables, alternating stressed and unstressed. | 4 | |
2880328942 | Sonnet | A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter. | 5 | |
2880332979 | Polysyndeton | When a writer creates a list of items which are all separated by conjunctions | 6 | |
2880337468 | Pun | When a word has two or more meanings is used in a humorous way. | 7 | |
2880341106 | Rhetoric | The art of effective communication. | 8 | |
2880345099 | Aristotle's Rhetorical Trangle | The relationships, in any piece of writing between the writer, the audience, and the subject. | 9 | |
2880351785 | Rhetorical Question | Question not asked for information but for effect | 10 | |
2880357066 | Romanticism | Art or literature characterized by an idealistic, perhaps the unrealistic view of people and the world. | 11 | |
2880370147 | Sarcasm | A generally biter comment that is ironically or satirically worded. | 12 | |
2880373922 | Satire | A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of life to a humorous effect. | 13 | |
2880378850 | Sentence | A group of words (including subject and verb) that expresses a complete thought. | 14 | |
2880383536 | Appositive | A word or group of words placed beside a noun or noun substitute to supplement its meaning. | 15 | |
2880391026 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb | 16 | |
2880392939 | Independent Clause | Expresses a complete though and can stand alone as a sentence. | 17 | |
2880397695 | Dependent Clause (Subordinate Clause) | Cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by and independent clause | 18 |