AP Literary Terms 2 Flashcards
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| 8158592252 | soliloquy | A long speech privately expressing the inner thoughts of a character alone on stage |  | 0 |
| 8158604028 | monologue | A long speech by one primary character to another character or group of people | 1 | |
| 8158638414 | aside | Short lines spoken to the audience but not intended to be heard by others on the stage | 2 | |
| 8158658792 | iambic pentameter | A type of regular rhythm that consists of 5 iambs (5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable); the most common English meter | 3 | |
| 8158681865 | metonymy | The use of a single feature of a person or object to represent the whole ("Lend me your ears.") | 4 | |
| 8158705612 | synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a representative term is used to a represent a larger idea or group. See: https://literarydevices.net/synecdoche/ | 5 | |
| 8167991483 | dramatic foil | A pairing of characters (often primary & secondary) with contrasting traits that help better define the primary character | 6 | |
| 8168021520 | paradox | An apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth | 7 | |
| 8168034483 | euphemism | An inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive | 8 | |
| 8168039040 | hyperbole | Extreme exaggeration | 9 | |
| 8168045887 | litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 10 | |
| 8168059831 | chiasmus | Reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses | 11 | |
| 8168076219 | anaphora | The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | 12 | |
| 8168096353 | blank verse | Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) | 13 | |
| 8168128979 | antithesis | A statement in which two opposing ideas (theses) are balanced | 14 |