AP Literature Vocab #5 Flashcards

5905962454	Colloquial	Language that is casual and conversational. Informal spoken language or conversation.	0
5905962455	Pedantic	A negative term that implies someone is showing off book learning or trivia especially in a tiresome way.	1
5905962456	Pastoral	Of or relating to the countryside or to the lives of people who live in the country.	2
5905962457	Brevity	The use of few words to say something; the quality or fact of lasting only for a short period of time.	3
5905962458	Couplet	To rhyming lines that form a unit at the end of a sonnet. Often relates to the theme.	4
5905962459	Refrain	A verse, line, set, or group of lines that appears at the end of a stanza or where a poem divides ideas. Emphasizes an idea through repetition.	5
5905962460	Ambiguity	Use of language where the meaning is unclear or has two or more possible interpretations. Create layers of meaning in the mind of the reader.	6
5905962461	Synecdoche	A part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part.	7