AP Literature Poetic Devices: List One Flashcards
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| 8401590422 | Alliteration | same consonant at the beginning of each word | 0 | |
| 8401600222 | Assonance | repetition of similar vowel sounds in successive words | 1 | |
| 8401611947 | Consonance | the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants | 2 | |
| 8401653723 | Cacophony | loud confusing disagreeable sounds | 3 | |
| 8401659595 | Euphony | pleasing and harmonious sounds | 4 | |
| 8401683337 | Onomatopoeia | using words that imitate the sound they denote | 5 | |
| 8401700034 | Rhyme | correspondence of the final sounds of two or more lines | 6 | |
| 8401716992 | Repetition | literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times | 7 | |
| 8401751750 | Rhythm | strong, regular, repeated pattern of sound. | 8 | |
| 8401774448 | Scansion | analysis of verse into metrical patterns | 9 | |
| 8401781032 | Allegory | a short moral story written on two levels | 10 | |
| 8401788222 | Allusion | reference | 11 | |
| 8401795292 | Ambiguity | having one or more meanings | 12 | |
| 8401799574 | Analogy | a comparison to show similarity | 13 | |
| 8401812923 | Apostrophe | a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present in the poem. | 14 | |
| 8401842428 | Cliche | a trite or obvious remark | 15 | |
| 8401847000 | Connotation | an idea implied or suggested by the use of a certain word | 16 | |
| 8401863294 | Denotation | Dictionary meaning of a word | 17 | |
| 8401866331 | Euphemism | an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one | 18 | |
| 8401876003 | Hyperbole | Extreme exaggeration | 19 | |
| 8401881465 | Irony | incongruity between what is expected and what occurs | 20 | |
| 8401889813 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 21 | |
| 8401907316 | Paradox | A statement that contradicts itself | 22 | |
| 8401915410 | Oxymoron | Conjoining contradictory terms | 23 | |
| 8401934399 | Personification | attributing human characteristics to abstract idea | 24 | |
| 8401953310 | Pun | humorous play on words | 25 | |
| 8401957536 | Simile | comparison using like or as | 26 | |
| 8401963083 | Symbol | One thing that suggests or stand for something else | 27 | |
| 8401987047 | Enjambment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. | 28 | |
| 8402008048 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines, clauses, or phrases. | 29 |