AP Literature Flashcards

3776105732	Heroic Couplet	2 successive rhyming verses that contain a complete thought within two lines	0
3776110519	Free Verse	Consists of lines that do NOT have a regular meter and do not contain rhyme	1
3776114552	Meter	The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	2
3776117363	Pun	humorous play on words that have several meanings	3
3776121102	Consonance	Repetition of consonant sounds within a line of verse Similar to alliteration	4
3776124630	Stanza	a division of a poem based on thought or form	5
3776128179	Pathos	The quality of a literary work or passage which appeals to a reader's or viewer's emotions	6
3776130372	Assonance	The similarity or repetition of a vowel sound in 2 or more words (base and face are rhymes, base and fate are assonance)	7
3776137223	Allegory	a narrative or description having a 2nd meaning beneath the surface one	8
3776139614	Refrain	repetition of one or more phrases or lines at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of the stanza	9
3776146446	Antithesis	a balancing or contrasting of one term against another	10
3776150034	Terza Rima	a 3 line stanza form with an interlaced rhyme scheme	11
3776153879	Parody	a comical imitation of a serious piece with the intent of ridiculing the author or the work	12
3776160512	Allusion	a reference in literature or in art to precious literature, history, mythology, current events, or the bible	13
3776164129	Enjambment	the running over of a sentence from one verse or stanza into the next without stopping at the end of the first	14
3776172137	Feminine Rhyme	Occurs when the last 2 syllables of a word rhyme with another (women are more complicated)	15
3776174117	Antecedent	the word or phrase to which a pronoun refers	16
3776178657	narrative poem	poem that tells a story	17
3776182729	Iamb	a two syllable foot with the stress on the second syllable (most common)	18
3776187266	synecdoche	the technique of mentioning a part of something to represent a whole	19
3776191097	villanelle	consists of 5 tercets and a quatrain in which the first and third line of the opening tercet recur alternately at the end of the other tercet and together at the last 2 lines of the equilibrium	20
3776205240	Oxymoron	two words combined that are completely opposite	21
3776207849	connotation	an association a word calls to mind	22
3776212407	Archetype	a character, situation, or symbol that is familiar to people from all cultures because it occurs frequently in literature	23
3776216649	Metonymy	The substitution of a word naming an object for another closely associated with it	24
3776222318	Satire	the use of humor to ridicule and expose the shortcoming and fallings of society	25
3776226814	Parable	a short story illustrating a moral or religious lesson	26
3776228263	Foot	Unit of mete, can have 2 or 3 syllables, consists generally of 1 stress and 1 or more unstressed syllables	27
3776236299	Sonnet	14 line stanza form consisting of 8 iambic pentameter lines	28
3776239281	Blank Verse	consists of lines with iambic pentameter without end rhyme	29
3776244537	Aphorism	a terse statement that expresses a general truth or moral principle; sometimes considered a fold proverb	30
3776247649	triple rhyme	last three syllables of a line	31
3776250837	pastoral	a poem that celebrates and idealizes the simple life of shepherds	32
3776252965	anachronism	an element in a story that is out of its time frame	33
3776258258	anecdote	a short and often personal story used to emphasize a point, to develop a character or theme	34
3776262028	Conceit	a far fetched comparison between 2 seemingly unlike things	35