AP Literature Final Exam Review Flashcards

6964034155	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
6964034156	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	1
6964034157	Enjambment	continuation of one line of a poem to the next without pause	2
6964034158	apostrophe	figure of speech used to address an imaginary character	3
6964034159	aside	when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage	4
6964034160	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	5
6964034163	Shakespearean sonnet	a 14 line poem with a rhyme scheme of ababcdcdefefgg	6
6964034164	Spenserian sonnet	a 14 line poem with a rhyme scheme of ababbcbccdcdee	7
6964034165	Italian sonnet	a 14 line poem that includes an octave and a sestet	8
6964034168	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	9
6964034170	free verse	Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme	10
6964034171	internal rhyme	A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line	11
6964034173	meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	12
6964034175	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	13
6964034176	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	14
6964034177	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	15
6964034178	paradox	A seeming contradiction	16
6964034179	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	17
6964034180	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	18
6964034181	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa ex: His new wheels were enviable.	19
6964044230	theme	universal lesson of a piece	20
6964046973	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	21
6964048866	mood	Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader	22
6964052376	alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds	23
6964057830	archetype	a recurring character, setting, etc. in literature	24
6964067678	static character	A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end	25
6964069182	dynamic character	develops and grows during the course of the story	26