AP literature Flashcards

6624190982	Anaphora	Deliberate repetition of a word or phrase	0
6624200800	Anaphora	Pity the beautiful...Pity the pretty boys...Pity the faded..Pity the gods.	1
6624247448	Juxtaposition	the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.	2
6624266380	Juxtaposition	Pity the faded, The bloated, the blowsy, the paunchy Adonis.	3
6624342307	Rhetorical question	question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.	4
6624352386	Rhetorical question	Does time cease to move, till her calm grey eye expands to sky and the clouds of her hair like storms go by?	5
6624377729	em dash	when the writer breaks off from an overwhelming situation.	6
6624393655	em dash	bucked off, then all at once, you're mine---	7
6624416370	Cacophonus diction	having a harsh or discordant sound.	8
6624429727	Cacophonus diction	And a cruel wind blows	9
6624506422	conceit	an elaborate metaphor	10
6624526593	conceit	I assassin down the avenue	11
6624545144	Monosyllabic diction	Allow the point to get across quickly as possible	12
6624551360	Monosyllabic diction	I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong.	13
6624575565	Alliteration	repetition of a sound	14
6624579851	Alliteration	She strikes and strikes the shrilly circling boy till the sticks breaks.	15
6624669164	hyperbole	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.	16
6624671663	hyperbole	As with the millions rising into billions	17
6624685686	personification	human qualities giving to objects without emotions.	18
6624695769	personification	The hand that mocked them	19