AP Literature Flashcards

5054221543	Iamb (Iambic	(un-, accented) contain, prevent	0
5054221544	Trochee (Trochaic)	(accented, un-) football, spider	1
5054221545	Dactlyl (Dactyllic)	(accented, un-, un-) Dangerous, melody	2
5054221546	Anapest (anapestic)	(Un-, un-, accented) comprehend, intervene	3
5054221547	Spondee (spondaic)	(Accented, unaccented) Knick-knack, true-blue	4
5054221548	Pyrrhic	(Un-, un-) of the	5
5054221549	Rhythm	General beat of poem	6
5054221550	Meter	Measurement of the rhythm and refers to he measurement of poetic feet	7
5054221551	Poetic foot	Measure in music - it breaks a line into rhythmic units	8
5054221552	One foot	Monometer	9
5054221553	Two feet	Dimeter	10
5054221554	Three feet	Trimeter	11
5054221555	Four feet	Tetrameter	12
5054221556	Five feet	Pentameter	13
5054221557	Six feet	Hexameter	14
5054221558	Sevens feet	Septameter	15
5112734331	Assonance	Repeated vowel sounds in relatively close proximity	16
5112734332	Consonance	Repeated constant sounds in relatively close proximity	17
5112734333	Alliterarion	Repeated initial consonant sounds in relatively close proximity	18
5112734334	Euphony	Smooth, soft, pleasant, and gentle sounding language	19
5112734335	Cacophany	Harsh, rough, and sometimes unpleasant sounding language	20
5112734336	Onomatopoeia	A word with imitates the natural sound of the thing it defines	21
5112753309	Rhyme	The repetition of intentionally similar sounding words (containing both similar ending vowel and consonant sounds)	22
5112753310	End rhyme	Rhyme that appears at the end of poetic lines	23
5112753311	Slant rhyme	Rhyme that does it match exactly but instead hints at a similarity in the sound of words	24
5112753312	Internal rhyme	Rhyme that appears within a single line of poetry	25
5112753313	Scansion	Identification of the rhythm and meter	26
5112753314	Synecdoche	Figure of speech where a little part represents a metaphorical whole	27
5112794676	Syntax	How words are organized into sentences, clauses, and phrases	28
5112794677	Inversion	A reversal of typical word order	29
5112794678	Balanced	A sentence with two segments with equal grammatical construction and length	30
5112794679	Cumulative	A sentence structure in which main ideas come first and supporting ideas come after	31
5112794680	Periodic	A sentence structure in which the main ideas is saved until the end.	32
5112794681	Parallel	A sentence type implementing grammatically similar structures	33
5112794682	Antimetabole	An AB:BA pattern in which A and B are repeated words	34
5112794683	Chiasmus	An AB:BA with grammatical pieces	35
5112794684	Personification	Endowing inanimate objects with abstract concepts or animate characteristics	36
5112794685	Metaphor	An implied, less restrictive comparative suggestion	37
5112794686	Litote	Understatement	38
5112794687	Metonomy	A comparison substituting an attribute of a thing for the thing itself	39
5112794688	Simile	A direct comparison using an explicit verbal cue	40
5112794689	Hyperbole	Over exaggeratoon	41
5112794690	Figurative language	Non literal expression	42
5112794691	Image	Concrete representation of a sense expression	43
5112794692	Aural	Pertaining to hearing	44
5112794693	Olfactory	Pertaining to smelling	45
5112794694	Imagery	A sense represented through language	46
5112794695	Tactile	Pertaining to touch	47
5112794696	Gustatory	Pertaining to the sense of taste	48