AP Literature Vocabulary #13 Literary Terms Flashcards

8390045465	palindrome ex: race car, level, aziza, taco cat	a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward	0
8390054330	mnemonic ex: "I before e except after c"; SLAPEGG - 7 deadly sins; Principle/Principal - one is your pal	a technique of improving the memory	1
8390057776	Homograph ex: agape: love / agape: open; bass: fish / bass: sound	a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not	2
8390063010	Homonym ex: bear: animal / bear: carry; bat: animal / bat: stick	a word the same as another in sound and spelling but different in meaning	3
8390067154	Homophone ex: great / grate; ceiling / sealing; meet / meat	a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not / specific type of homonym	4
8390079050	Heteronyms ex: wound (oo sound) / wound (ow sound) ; dove (bird) / dove (swimming)	are homonyms that share the same spelling but have different pronunciations. Homographs that are not homophones	5
8390084402	Capitonyms ex: Turkey / turkey; March / march; Polish / polish	are homonyms that share the same spelling but have different meanings when capitalized (and may or may not have different pronunciations)	6
8390089517	anaphora ex: MLK Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech; "Jingle Bells"	the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines	7
8390093649	antistrophe ex: "Yellow Submarine" song; "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe	repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses	8
8390099242	epithet ex: "Richard the Lionhearted"; "Catherine the Great"	an adjective or adjective phrase appropriately qualifying a subject (noun) by naming a key or important characteristic of the subject	9