AP English Literature #4 Flashcards
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| 5084207276 | Onomatopoeia | A word that sounds like its action | 0 | |
| 5084213400 | Allegory | A story that is symbolic (ex: Fairy pilgrims progress, allegory of the cave, animal farm) | 1 | |
| 5084220012 | Ballad | Narrative poem ie written in quatrains, interlocking rhyme scheme - normally folk or local narrative | 2 | |
| 5084223893 | Hyperbole | Figure of speech with an exaggerated statement (type of irony) | 3 | |
| 5084226791 | Lyric | Short poetry with use of I | 4 | |
| 5084228556 | Ephemeral | Lasting only a short time | 5 | |
| 5084228557 | Extenuating | To spread out | 6 | |
| 5084230487 | Epic | Narrative poem: long poem with a hero that is often culturally defining (ex: odyssey, Beowulf) | 7 | |
| 5084245466 | Mask | Persona poem - dramatic, taking on the persepective of someone else | 8 | |
| 5084257835 | Caesura | Pause/break in the middle of a line - in Greek/Latin | 9 | |
| 5084268770 | Villanelle | Poem of fixed form with 19 lines, in Iamb (formal) (Ex: do not go gentle into that good night, time can say nothing, mad girl's love song) | 10 | |
| 5084280809 | Mundane | Ordinary, boring, earthly, common, quotidiane | 11 | |
| 5084283534 | Sonnet | Verse with 14 lines, intended about love | 12 | |
| 5084286754 | Adversity | Misfortune, hardship | 13 | |
| 5084286755 | Subtle | Under the radar, understated | 14 |