AP Literature Terms Flashcards
The Glossary of Literary Terms for the AP English Literature and Composition Test
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| 6668662008 | Foil | A secondary character whose purpose is to highlight the characteristics of a main character, usually by contrast. | 0 | |
| 6668662012 | Hubris | Excessive pride or arrogance. | 1 | |
| 6668662027 | Juxtapose | To place things next to each other to invite contrast or dissimilarity. | 2 | |
| 6668662070 | Prosody | The overall picture of rhythm/meter in a poem that includes the baseline rhythm/meter and mentions of variations. | 3 | |
| 6668662076 | heroic couplet | a couplet (two lines) of rhymed iambic pentameter | 4 | |
| 6668662078 | Shakespearean sonnet | 3 quatrains and a couplet: abab, cdcd, efef, gg. | 5 | |
| 6668662079 | Italian sonnet | An octave followed by a sestet: abba, abba, cd,cd,cd/cde,cde/cdc,cdc. | 6 | |
| 6668662080 | Ballad stanza | A quatrain with alternating lines of 6 and 8 syllables: abcb. | 7 |