AP Literature Vocabulary Set #1 Flashcards

4795891726	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds or letters, mainly for tonal effects. "Scyld, son of Sceaf, Snatched from the forces of savage foes" Basic form of Anglo-Saxon and some medieval verse	0
4795891729	Anaphora	Repetition of the same words at the beginning of several consecutive sentences	1
4795891769	End Rhyme	Rhymes appearing at the end of lines of poetry	2
4795891770	Enjambment	A poetic expression that spans more than one line.	3
4795891793	Metonymy	Substitution of one term for another that is generally associated with it; "suits" instead of "businessmen"	4
4795891794	Meter	The pattern created in a line of poetry by its structure of sounds and stressed syllables.	5
4795891795	Mood	The feeling a text arouses in the reader: happiness, sadness, peacefulness, ect.	6
4795891818	Synecdoche	A figure of speech that refers to a whole entity by identifying only a part of it. The Crown, for the English	7
4795891821	Tone	The attitude of the author toward the reader or the subject matter of a literary work	8
4795909953	alliteration`	The repetition of initial identical sounds in successive words or syllables that repeat	9
4795910641	asyndeton	Omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. (Ex.: She received medals, honors, treasures, titles, fame.)	10
4795910642	anaphora	Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. (Ex.: On Saturday, he was happy. On Saturday, his enemy died.)	11
4795911047	metaphor	A figure of speech using implied comparisons of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one thing over another, suggesting some similarity. (Ex.: The quiet kid became a tiger when he got mad.)	12
4795911048	simile	A figurative usage that compares, usually with words such as "like," "as," or "if." (Ex.: The quiet kid was like a tiger when he got mad.)	13
4795912416	internal rhyme	a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next.	14
4795912417	consonance	the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity	15
4795912866	assonance	Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity.	16
4795913399	enjambment	the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.	17
4795914177	pastoral	portraying an idealized version of country life	18
4795914632	elegy	a sad poem, usually written to praise and express sorrow for someone who is dead	19
4795915073	Petrarchan sonnet (or Italian sonnet)	a sonnet form (14 line poem) popularized by Petrarch, consisting of an octave (first stanza) with the rhyme scheme abbaabba and of a sestet (second stanza) with one of several rhyme schemes, as cdecde or cdcdcd.	20
4795915074	ode	a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner	21
4795916935	Shakespearean sonnet (or Elizabethan sonnet)	A sonnet form (14 lines), with the first 12 lines divided into 3 quatrains (stanzas with four lines each) and ending with a couplet (two rhyming lines). In the three quatrains the poet establishes a theme or problem and then resolves it in the final two lines. The rhyme scheme of the quatrains is abab cdcd efef. The couplet has the rhyme scheme gg.	22