AP Literature Terms Flashcards
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| 9077035902 | Free Verse | poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter but is still rhythmical | 0 | |
| 9077035903 | blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter | 1 | |
| 9077035904 | litote | figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement | 2 | |
| 9077035905 | heroic couplet | two lines of rhyming iambic pentameter (aa,bb,cc) with the 2 line unit usually concluding the thought | 3 | |
| 9077035906 | apostrophe | a figure of speech in which someone, usually but not always absent, some abstract quality, or non-existent personage is directly addressed as though present | 4 | |
| 9077035907 | cacophony | harsh sounds | 5 | |
| 9077035908 | internal rhyme | rhyming words within single lines of poetry | 6 | |
| 9077035909 | external rhyme | rhyming words at the end of successive lines | 7 | |
| 9077035910 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds (laid, waste, slain) | 8 | |
| 9077035911 | consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity (dripping drop by drop) | 9 | |
| 9077035912 | euphony | pleasant, harmonious sound | 10 | |
| 9077035913 | extended metaphor | a metaphor which extends over several lines or an entire poem | 11 | |
| 9077035914 | didactic poem | a poem which is intended primarily to teach a lesson | 12 | |
| 9077035915 | caesura | A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line *usually greater than the normal pause to add emphasis or suspense* | 13 | |
| 9077035916 | antithesis | a figure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting words, Clauses, sentences, or ideas. it balances one term against another for emphasis or stylistic effectiveness. | 14 | |
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| 9077035918 | synecdoche | using a part of something to represent the whole thing | 16 | |
| 9077035919 | metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | 17 |