AP Literature Chapter 21 Terms Flashcards
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| 7952407436 | Alliteration | The repetition of a consonant sound in a line of verse or prose. (initial or internal) | 0 | |
| 7952409112 | Assonance | The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in successive words, which creates a kind of rime. | 1 | |
| 7952411093 | Cacophony | A harsh, discordant sound often mirroring the meaning of the context in which it is used | 2 | |
| 7952411094 | Euphony | The harmonious effect when the sounds of the words connect with the meaning in a way pleasing to the ear and mind. | 3 | |
| 7952414498 | Onomatopoeia | An attempt to represent a thing or action by a word that imitates the sound associated with it. | 4 | |
| 7952417709 | Rime | Two or more words that contain an identical or similar vowel sound, usually accented, with following consonant sounds (if any) identical as well. | 5 | |
| 7952419660 | Consonance | A kind of rime in which the linked words share similar consonant sounds but have different vowel sounds. | 6 | |
| 7952421395 | End rime | Rime that occurs at the ends of lines. | 7 | |
| 7952423259 | Internal rime | Rime that occurs within a line of poetry. | 8 | |
| 7952425468 | Masculine rime | Either a rime of one-syllable words or - in polysyllabic words - a rime on the stressed final syllables. | 9 | |
| 7952429106 | Feminine rime | A rime of two or more syllables with stress on a syllable other than the last. | 10 | |
| 7952431429 | Eye rime | A "false" rime in which the spelling of the words is alike, but the pronunciations differ. | 11 |