AP Literature: Introduction to Poetry Flashcards
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| 6589921758 | Deus Ex Machina | an unrealistic event that resolves the plot | 0 | |
| 6589921759 | Metaphor | comparing two unlike items when one is simply stated as being the other | 1 | |
| 6589921760 | Tone | author's attitude toward characters, setting, or events | 2 | |
| 6589921761 | Symbolism | use of objects with meaning beyond literal | 3 | |
| 6589921762 | Denouement | result of a series of events, usually after the climax | 4 | |
| 6589921763 | Climax | height of tension; turning point | 5 | |
| 6589921764 | In Media Res | author enters narrative at an important point rather than the beginning | 6 | |
| 6589921765 | Elegy | mournful, sad poem; funeral song | 7 | |
| 6589921766 | Refrain | line or group of repeated lines | 8 | |
| 6589921767 | Dissonance | deliberate use of harsh sounds in syllables, words, or phrases to create tension | 9 | |
| 6589921768 | Diction | word choice | 10 | |
| 6589921769 | Syntax | grammar structure of a sentence | 11 | |
| 6589921770 | Understatement | downplaying | 12 | |
| 6589921771 | Parallelism | pattern of similar grammar and sentence length | 13 | |
| 6589921772 | Stanza | arrangement of lines, often with a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme; forms a division in the poem | 14 | |
| 6589921773 | Imagery | figurative description to form mental images | 15 | |
| 6589921774 | Meter | repetitive rhythmic element | 16 | |
| 6589921775 | Theme | dominant idea | 17 | |
| 6589921776 | Diction | style of speaking dependent on word choice | 18 | |
| 6589921777 | Syntax | patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words | 19 | |
| 6589921778 | Denotation | explicit or direct meaning | 20 | |
| 6589921779 | Connotation | implied meaning | 21 | |
| 6589921780 | Conceit | elaborate fanciful metaphor | 22 | |
| 6589921781 | Metonymy | using the name of an object in place of one to which it is connected | 23 | |
| 6589921782 | Synecdoche | a part is used for the whole, or a whole for the part | 24 | |
| 6589921783 | Personification | giving human characteristics to non-human objects | 25 | |
| 6589921784 | Allusion | casual reference to an idea or work beyond the text | 26 | |
| 6589921785 | Oxymoron | self-contradictory phrase | 27 | |
| 6589921786 | Paradox | something that seems absurd and contradictory but suggests a possible truth | 28 | |
| 6589921787 | Hyperbole | exaggeration | 29 | |
| 6589921788 | Apostrophe | addressing someone who is absent or inanimate | 30 | |
| 6589921789 | Symbolism | one object representing another object or idea | 31 | |
| 6589921790 | Irony | conveying meaning opposite of the literal meaning | 32 | |
| 6589921791 | Persona | a character's personality | 33 | |
| 6589921792 | Juxtaposition | placing two objects close together for comparison | 34 |