AP Literature Poetry Terms Flashcards
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| 7918658880 | Allusion | A indirect reference to a person, event, statement or theme-> can be found in Literature and other arts | 0 | |
| 7918658881 | allegory (n) | Presentation of an abstract idea through more concrete idea means; narrative or description with a second meaning | 1 | |
| 7918658882 | epithet (n) | Adjective or phrase applied to a noun used to describe a person or thing Ex. Magic Johnson | 2 | |
| 7918658883 | extended metaphor | a metaphor which extends over several lines or an entire poem ( part or all of the poem) | 3 | |
| 7918658884 | implied metaphor | Only mentions the vehicle of comparison | 4 | |
| 7918658885 | Metaphor | figure of speech comparing/associates two different things | 5 | |
| 7918658886 | Conceit | An elaborate or surprising comparison between two very dissimilar things | 6 | |
| 7918658887 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 7 | |
| 7918658888 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 8 | |
| 7918658889 | caesura (n) | a pause in a line of poetry that is formed by the rhythms of natural speech | 9 | |
| 7918658890 | end stopped line | a line of poetry that ends with a punctuation mark (opposite of enjambment | 10 | |
| 7918658891 | Enjambment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. | 11 | |
| 7918658892 | Stanza | Group of set lines in a poem | 12 | |
| 7918658893 | Approxiamate Rhyme | Similar sounding words but do not rhyme exactly | 13 | |
| 7918658894 | Couplet | Two successive lines of rhyme often the same meter | 14 | |
| 7918658895 | feminine rhyme | a rhyme between stressed syllables followed by identical unstressed syllable | 15 | |
| 7918658896 | exact rhyme | Uses words with identical end sound | 16 | |
| 7918658897 | masculine rhyme | Rhyme with one stressed syllable | 17 | |
| 7918658898 | Internal rhyme | Rhyme this occurs with one line of a verse | 18 | |
| 7918658899 | rhyme scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem | 19 | |
| 7918658900 | Metonymy | figure of speech in which one thing is represented by another that is commonly and often physically associated with it | 20 | |
| 7918658901 | Speaker | POV | 21 | |
| 7918658902 | Synaesthesia | The association of two or more different senses in the same image | 22 | |
| 7918658903 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 23 | |
| 7918658904 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 24 | |
| 7918658905 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 25 | |
| 7918658906 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds | 26 | |
| 7918658907 | euphony | pleasant, harmonious sound | 27 | |
| 7918658908 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 28 | |
| 7918658909 | anthesis | Two ideas are directly opposed | 29 | |
| 7918658910 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 30 | |
| 7918658911 | Understatement | A statement that says less than what is meant | 31 | |
| 7918658912 | Irony | 32 | ||
| 7918658913 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 33 | |
| 7918658914 | Paradox | an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth | 34 | |
| 7918658915 | Parrelism | still a narrative, but has two protagonists that the plot follows rather than one | 35 |