AP Literature Terms Flashcards

6742970795	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
6742970800	approximate rhyme	words in rhyming pattern that sound alike	1
6742970801	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	2
6742970803	cacophony	blend of unharmonious sounds	3
6742970804	caesura	pause in the middle of a line	4
6742970805	catharsis	the release of emotions (emotional cleanse)	5
6742970806	connotation	secondary meaning to a word beyond literal definition	6
6742970807	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	7
6742970808	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	8
6742970809	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	9
6742970810	double rhyme	rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn)	10
6742970811	end rhyme	rhymes occurring at the end of line	11
6742970812	end stopped line	line ending in regular punctuation	12
6742970813	English sonnet	a sonnet rhyming: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG	13
6742970814	euphony	harmonious word choice and arrangement of sounds	14
6742970817	figurative language	language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling	15
6742970818	figure of speech	a way of saying something other than the ordinary way	16
6742970819	foot	basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse stressed and unstressed syllables	17
6742970822	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	18
6742970823	internal rhyme	A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line	19
6742970825	verbal irony	an irony in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	20
6742970826	dramatic irony	irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play	21
6742970827	Italian sonnet	A sonnet consisting of: ABBA ABBA CDE CDE or CD CD CD	22
6742970828	masculine rhyme	A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable	23
6742970829	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	24
6742970831	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	25
6742970832	octave	8 line stanza	26
6742970833	onomatopoeia	a word that imitates the sound it represents.	27
6742970834	hyperbole	a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	28
6742970835	oxymoron	a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms	29
6742970836	paradox	a self-contradiction or dilemma	30
6742970837	personification	a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	31
6742970838	quatrain	a 4-line stanza	32
6742970840	rhyme scheme	a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem	33
6742970842	sestet	a 6-line stanza	34
6742970843	simile	a comparison using "like" or "as"	35
6742970844	sonnet	14 line poem	36
6742970845	stanza	a group of lines in a poem	37
6742970847	symbol	a thing that represents or stands for something else	38
6742970848	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	39
6742970850	tercet	3 line stanza	40
6742970851	terza rima	a verse form with a rhyme scheme: ABA BCB CDC etc.	41
6742970852	theme	central idea/assertion of a work of literature	42
6742970853	understatement	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	43
6742970854	verse	a single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme	44
6742970855	vilanelle	a nineteen-line poem with two rhymes repeated throughout	45
6742970856	alliteration	repetition of consonant sounds at the BEGINNING of several words or in a phrase	46
6742970857	allusion	a reference to another literary work	47
6742970858	anaphora	the deliberate repetition of a phrase or word at the beginning of successive clauses or stanzas	48
6742970859	anadiplosis	the repetition of the final words of a line at the beginning of the next	49
6742970860	apostrophe	a poem that directly addresses a person or thing that is absent	50
6742970861	appositive	A word or phrase that follow a noun or pronoun for emphasis or clarity	51
6742970864	sibilance	the use of consonants characterized by a hissing sound	52
6742970865	asyndeton	a list of words or phrases without conjunctions	53
6742970866	blank verse	a poem that employs a meter but not a rhyme scheme	54
6742970868	chiasmus	a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.")	55
6742970869	conceit	a complex and elaborate metaphor	56
6742970872	diction	the selection of words in a literary work that imply theme, attitude, and values	57
6742970874	enjambment	the continuation of a word or phrase over the next line	58
6742970875	epithet	adjective expressing quality or attribute	59
6742970876	euphemism	a mild or indirect substituted phrase for an embarrassing or blunt expression	60
6742970877	form	the structural components of a poem	61
6742970878	free verse	a poem without a regular meter or rhyme	62
6742970879	heroic couplet	a pair of rhyming lines in iambic pentameter	63
6742970882	irony	an intention, outcome, or meaning opposite of that intended or stated	64
6742970884	metaphysical	a type of poetry that stresses intellect over emotion (contains a striking comparisons and a persuasive stance)	65
6742970885	meter	the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem	66
6742970888	polysyndeton	using several conjunctions in close succession(as in 'he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')	67
6742970889	rhyme	the same syllable sounds at the end of 2 or more lines	68
6742970890	scansion	the metrical analysis of a poem	69
6742970892	speaker	the narrator of a poem	70
6742970896	synesthesia	describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")	71
6742970897	syntax	the grammatical order and organization of words, phrases, and clauses within a sentence	72
6742970898	tone	the attitude of the writer toward the subject or characters	73
6742970900	verisimilitude	the quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable	74
6742970901	versification	the structural form of a verse as revealed by scansion	75
6742970902	lyric	a short poem that focuses on the compression and expression of emotion	76
6742970903	ballad	a narrative poem made up of four-line stanzas that tends to be directly narrated	77
6742970904	ode	a poem usually addressed to a particular person, object or event that has stimulated deep and noble feelings in the poet	78
6742970906	sestina	6 six-line stanzas ending with tercet; last words of each line in 1st stanza are repeated as last words in next stanza	79
6742970908	epigram	a brief poem that is often witty	80
6742970909	elegy	a poem expressing lament for the dead	81
6742970910	aubade	a poem about dawn; a morning love song; or a poem about the parting of lovers at dawn	82
6742970911	ekphrastic	related to a literary description of or response to a visual work of art	83
6742970912	elision	the omission of a sound or syllable when speaking (as in I'm, let's, e ' en )	84
6742970914	feminine rhyme	lines rhymed by their final 2 syllables	85
6742970915	syllabic verse	verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of metrical feet	86
6743159571	anastrophe	inverted order of words	87
6743171080	dirge	a somber song/lament expressing mourning or grief	88
6743191430	ellipsis	the omission of a word/phrase that is grammatically necessary but can be deduced	89
6743212339	idyllic	pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity	90
6743224173	caricature	a portrait (verbal or nonverbal) that exaggerates a facet of personality	91