AP Literature and Composition Terms Flashcards

3259314075	alliteration	the reputation of identical or similar consonant sounds, normally at the beginning of words	0
3259317229	allusion	reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work	1
3259321782	antithesis	a figure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences, or ideas balancing of one term against another for emphasis or stylistic effectiveness	2
3259334857	apostrophe	a figure of speech in which someone some abstract quality, or nonexistent personage is directly addressed as though present	3
3259342363	assonance	the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds	4
3259356604	ballad meter	a four-line stanza rhymed abcd with four feet in lines one and three and three feet in lines two and four	5
3259359185	blank verse	unrhymed iambic pentameter	6
3259363641	cacophony	a harsh, unpleasant combination of sounds or tones	7
3259365032	caesura	pause, usually near the middle of a line of verse, usually indicated by the sense of the line, and ofter greater than the normal pause	8
3259369216	conceit	an ingenious and fanciful notion or conception, usually expressed through an elaborate analogy and pointing to a striking parallel between two me	9
3265339642	consonance	repetition of similar consonant sounds in a group of words usually referring to words in which the ending consonants are the same but the vowels that precede them are different	10
3265343350	diction	use of words	11
3265345610	extended metaphor	implied analogy, or comparison, which is carried throughout a stanza or an entire poem	12