AP Literature Part 2 Flashcards

6651756609	approximate rhyme	words in rhyming pattern that sound alike	0
6651756610	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	1
6651756612	cacophony	blend of unharmonious sounds	2
6651756613	caesura	pause in the middle of a line	3
6651756614	catharsis	the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse)	4
6651756615	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	5
6651756616	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	6
6651756617	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	7
6651756618	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	8
6651756619	double rhyme	rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn)	9
6651756620	end rhyme	rhymes occurring at the end of line	10
6651756623	euphony	smooth choice and arrangement of sounds	11
6651756624	extended figure	A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem.	12
6651756626	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	13
6651756627	figure of speech	a way of saying something other than the ordinary way	14
6651756628	foot	basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables	15
6651756629	form	external pattern or shape of a poem	16
6651756630	free verse	Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme	17
6651756631	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	18
6651756632	internal rhyme	A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line	19
6651756633	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	20
6651756634	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	21
6651756635	dramatic irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	22
6651756638	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	23
6651756639	meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	24
6651756640	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	25
6651756641	octave	8 line stanza	26
6651756642	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	27
6651756643	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	28
6651756644	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	29
6651756645	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	30
6651756646	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	31
6651756647	quatrain	A four line stanza	32
6651756648	rhythm	A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions.	33
6651756649	rhyme scheme	A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem	34
6651756651	sestet	6 line stanza	35
6651756650	scansion	Analysis of verse into metrical patterns	36
6651756652	simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	37
6651756653	sonnet	14 line poem	38
6651756654	stanza	A group of lines in a poem	39
6651756655	syllabic verse	Verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of feet per line.	40
6651756656	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	41
6651756657	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	42
6651756658	synesthesia	describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")	43
6651756659	tercet	3 line stanza	44
6651756661	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	45
6651756662	understandment	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	46
6651756663	verse	A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme	47