AP literature Flashcards
Week 2
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| 7284980507 | Approximate rhyme | A term used for words in a rhyming pattern that have some kind of sound correspondence but are not perfect rhymes (Imperfect rhyme, near rhyme, slant rhyme, oblique rhyme) | 0 | |
| 7284980508 | Artistic Unity | That condition of a successful literary work whereby all its elements work together for the achievement of its central purpose | 1 | |
| 7284980509 | Aside | A brief speech in which a character turns from the person being addressed to speak directly to the audience | 2 | |
| 7284980510 | Assonance | The repitition at close intervals of the vowel sounds of accented syllables or important words | 3 | |
| 7284980511 | Aubade | A poem about dawn; morning love song, or a poem about the parting of lovers at dawn | 4 | |
| 7284980512 | Ballad | A fairly short narrative poem written in a songlike stanza form | 5 | |
| 7284980513 | Blank Verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter | 6 | |
| 7284980514 | Cacophony | A harsh, discordant, unpleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds | 7 | |
| 7284980515 | Caesura | A speech pause ocurring within a line | 8 | |
| 7284980516 | Catharsis | A term used by Aristotle to describe some sort of emotional release experienced by the audience at the end of a successful tragedy | 9 |