AP Literature Terms Flashcards

4208618108	alliteration	repetition of two or more consonant sounds	0
4208619074	allusion	reference to something assumed to be well known	1
4208638252	assonance	repetition of two or more vowel sounds	2
4208640054	cacophony	harsh sound; opposite of euphony	3
4208647085	colloquial english	casual/informal, but correct language of ordinary native speakers	4
4208649519	connotation	associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word	5
4208656528	consonance	words share similar consonant sounds but different vowel sounds; slant rhyme	6
4208664940	couplet	two line stanza in poetry, usually rhymes and has equal length; usually at the end	7
4208667118	denotation	literal dictionary definition of a word	8
4208668935	diction	word choice or vocabulary	9
4208670087	didactic poetry	poetry that aims for education rather than art	10
4208672470	dramatic monologue	poem written as a speech/single speaker in a decisive moment	11
4208675924	end rhyme	rhyme that occurs at the end of a line	12
4208676919	epigraph	brief quote preceding a story or literary work	13
4208678844	euphony	harmonious effect, opposite cacophony	14
4208680060	exact rhyme	sounds following initial letters that are identical in sound	15
4208682185	expressionism	dramatic style against realism; dreamlike subjective realm	16
4208684393	eye rhyme	spelling of two words looks the same, but they are pronounced differently (cough, though)	17
4208690086	feminine rhyme	rhyme of words containing more than one syllable where the rhyme lands on any syllable except the last	18
4208693190	form	means by which a literary work conveys meaning	19
4208695285	formal english	heightened, impersonal language of educated speakers (see diction)	20
4208697344	general english	ordinary language of educated native speakers (see diction)	21
4208700013	hyperbole	exaggeration or overstatement	22
4208701143	iamb	unstressed, stressed (meter; type of foot)	23
4208702552	iambic pentameter	five iambic feet per line (meter)	24
4208705030	image	reference to a sensory experience in literature	25
4208706261	imagery	collective set of images in a literary work	26
4208707622	impressionism	when a literary work centers on a character's mental life rather than surrounding reality; emphasizes external events rather than impression they leave	27
4208711198	internal refrain	refrain within a stanza	28
4208712090	internal rhyme	rhyme occurs within a line of poetry	29
4208713223	irony	a discrepancy in meaning/ meaning is masked (dramatic, verbal, situational)	30
4208716281	levels of diction	Formal English (highest) General English Colloquial English Vulgate (lowest)	31
4208720109	lyric	short poem expressing thoughts, feelings of a single speaker	32
4208721750	masculine rhyme	rhyme of one syllable words OR rhyme of stressed final syllable	33
4208724171	metaphor	comparison by stating that one thing IS another	34
4208725952	metonymy	when the name of something is substituted in for something similar (i.e White House for President)	35
4208729062	narrative poem	poem that tells a story	36
4208730045	onomatopoeia	word imitating a sound	37
4208731247	personification	non-human object is given human characteristics	38
4208732997	poetic diction	elevated language/specialized vocabulary	39
4208733981	quatrain	stanza consisting of four lines	40
4208735121	refrain	lines repeated at intervals in a song or poem	41
4208737540	rhyme	two or more words that contain identical or similar vowel sound	42
4208740611	rhyme scheme	recurrent pattern of rhyme	43
4208742492	simile	comparison of two things using like, as, resembles	44
4208743891	sonnet	poem of fourteen lines, usually with ten syllables per line	45
4208745419	synechdoche	figure of speech in which a part of something is made to represent the whole, or vice versa	46
4208747812	terminal refrain	group of repeated lines following a stanza	47
4208749016	theme	the central topic a text writes to; what the work SAYS about the subject	48
4208751633	tone	attitude of a writer towards a subject or audience	49
4208753627	understatement	the presentation of something as smaller or less important than it actually is	50
4208756227	vulgate	lowest level of diction; common/casual	51
4208784012	slant rhyme	almost rhyme; either assonance or consonance in place of true rhyme	52
4208793700	stream of consciousness	style of writing that portrays the inner workings of a character's mind	53
4208796121	surrealism	allowing subconscious or dream-like imagery to lead the poem	54
4208801494	symbol	a person, place, or thing which has meaning for itself but also stands for something more than itself	55