Published on CourseNotes (https://course-notes.org)

Home > AP Literature Flashcards

AP Literature Flashcards

Terms : Hide Images [1]
8188845226connotationrepetition of the consonant sound in words0
8188845227apostrophedirect addressing to an abstract thinh1
8188848599conceitexpanded metaphor2
8188848600refrainrepetition of a line through the poem3
8188852242sonnet14 lines regular rhyme scheme meter4
8188852243scancionscanning a like looking for rhyme scheme5
8188854777personaperson imagined in the poem6
8188854778ambiguitymeaning is not clear7
8188857063allegorya story line with two different meanings one is on the surface the other is religious8
8188861238allusiona reference to something outside the poem9
8188861239clicheterm that has lost freshness due to overuse10
8188864329hyperboleexageration11
8188864330litotes/meiosisunderstatement negating something (she is no beauty, you wont be sorry)12
8188868771synecdochea part of something used to signify the whole (ten hands=ten workers)13
8188873632metonymyterm applied to something its closely associated with through experience14
8188873633blank versetraditional verse, unrhymed iambic pentameter15
8188878999dramatic monologuepoem reveals personality through characters voice in dramatic situation16
8188879000odeserious elaborate long lyric expressed in dignified language17
8188879055elegya poem of mourning and lamentation18
8188886060tone19
Powered by Quizlet.com [2]
Source URL:https://course-notes.org/flashcards/ap_literature_flashcards_366

Links
[1] https://course-notes.org/javascript%3Avoid%280%29%3B [2] http://quizlet.com/