ap literature terms Flashcards

5604515213	Juxtaposition	a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.	0
5604544053	Parallel Structure	stylistic device, and a grammatical construction having two or more clauses, phrases or words, with similar grammatical form and length	1
5604552096	Enjambment	moving over from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark.	2
5604558380	End Stop	when a line of poetry ends with a period or definite punctuation mark, such as a colon.	3
5604585926	Apostrophe	a figure of speech sometimes represented by exclamation "O". A writer or a speaker, using an apostrophe, detaches himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech.	4
5604603293	Circular Reasoning	a logical fallacy in which the reasoner begins with what they are trying to end with.	5
5604609988	Satire	a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule.	6
5604617471	Hyperbole	a figure of speech, which involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.	7
5604628512	Denouement	a literary device which can be defined as the resolution of the issue of a complicated plot in fiction.	8
5604639073	Digression	several sudden interruptions in the main action of the story, which provides him background information, establish his interest, describe character's motivation and build suspense, etc.	9
5604659756	Iambic Pentameter	a commonly used type of metrical line in traditional English poetry and verse drama.	10
5604671798	Iambic Trimeter	a poetic device that is defined as a meter or a line that consists of three iambic feet.	11
5604697528	Trochaic Trimeter	the opposite pattern of an iamb, and is comprised of stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable	12
5604724930	Spondaic Tetrameter	a duple foot with two stressed syllables.	13
5604732541	Dactyl	a metrical foot, or a beat in a line, containing three syllables in which first one is accented followed by second and third unaccented syllables (accented/unaccented/unaccented) in quantitative meter such as in the word "humanly."	14
5604748226	Elegy	a form of literature which can be defined as a poem or song in the form of elegiac couplets, written in honor of someone deceased.	15
5604765087	Villanelle	as a poetic device which requires a poem to have 19 lines and a fixed form. It has five tercets (first 15 lines), a quatrain (last four lines), and a couplet at the end of the quatrain.	16
5604772097	ode	a literary technique that is lyrical in nature, but not very lengthy.	17
5604781587	free verse	a literary device that can be defined as poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm and does not rhyme with fixed forms	18
5604786686	soliloquy	popular literary device often used in drama to reveal the innermost thoughts of a character.	19
5604794748	monologue	a literary device, which is the speech or verbal presentation that a single character presents in order to express his/her collection of thoughts and ideas aloud.	20
5604816272	direct address	the name of the person (normally) who is being directly spoken to. It is always a proper noun.	21
5604831070	synecdoche	a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part.	22
5604834027	metonymy	a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated.	23
5604839261	couplet	a literary device which can be defined as having two successive rhyming lines in a verse and has the same meter to form a complete thought.	24
5604845948	spondee	a beat in a poetic line which consists of two accented syllables (stressed/stressed) or DUM-DUM stress pattern.	25
5604870603	epitaph	a brief writing or saying. Epitaph is an inscription written on a grave.	26
5604881419	paradox	a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth. It is also used to illustrate an opinion or statement contrary to accepted traditional ideas.	27
5604890012	understatement	a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is	28
5604892928	parody	an imitation of a particular writer, artist or a genre, exaggerating it deliberately to produce a comic effect.	29
5604900396	oxymoron	a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.	30
5604912605	logical fallacy	an erroneous argument dependent upon an unsound or illogical contention.	31
5604922038	parable	a figure of speech, which presents a short story typically with a moral lesson at the end.	32
5604927389	allegory	a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures and events.	33
5604932193	invective	denotes speech or writing that attacks, insults, or denounces a person, topic, or institution. It involves the use of abusive and negative use of language.	34
5604946997	epigram	a rhetorical device that is a memorable, brief, interesting and surprising satirical statement.	35
5604951814	onomatopoeia	which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting.	36
5604958043	Cacophony	points to a situation where there is a mixture of harsh and inharmonious sounds.	37
5604964062	internal rhyme	a poetic device which can be defined as metrical lines in which its middle words and its end words rhymes with each other.	38
5604969309	assonance	takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.	39
5604976628	alliteration	"letters of alphabet". It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.	40
5604981844	chiasmus	a rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect.	41