Ap Literature Flashcards
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| 8577344822 | Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds | 0 | |
| 8577344823 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 1 | |
| 8577344824 | anachronism | something out of place in time | 2 | |
| 8577344825 | Antithesis | Contrasting words or phrases | 3 | |
| 8577344826 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 4 | |
| 8577344827 | Apostrophe | address to an absent or imaginary person | 5 | |
| 8577344828 | Couplet | Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme | 6 | |
| 8577344829 | English sonnet | 3 Quatrains and an ending couplet. Rhyme scheme of abab, cdcd, efef, gg. | 7 | |
| 8577344830 | Prose | written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. | 8 | |
| 8577344831 | heroic couplet | two lines of rhyming iambic pentameter aa bb cc | 9 | |
| 8577344832 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration | 10 | |
| 8577344833 | iambic pentameter | a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable | 11 | |
| 8577344834 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 12 | |
| 8577344835 | Metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant | 13 | |
| 8577344836 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 14 | |
| 8577344837 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 15 | |
| 8577344838 | Paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | 16 | |
| 8577344839 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 17 | |
| 8577344840 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 18 | |
| 8577344841 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 19 | |
| 8577344842 | blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter | 20 | |
| 8577344843 | Foreshadowing | A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader. | 21 | |
| 8577344844 | irony/ironic | having an opposite meaning than what is expected | 22 | |
| 8577344845 | Rhyme | Repetition of sounds at the end of words | 23 | |
| 8577344846 | dramatic irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 24 |