AP Literature Flashcards
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| 7976358850 | Asyndeton | Derived from a Greek word meaning unconnected. A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions |  | 0 |
| 7976372311 | Bildungsroman | A coming of age story |  | 1 |
| 7976383014 | Blank verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter |  | 2 |
| 7976383015 | Caesura | A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. |  | 3 |
| 7976389281 | Jargon | nonsensical talk; specialized language |  | 4 |
| 7976392522 | Juxaposition | placement of two things side by side for emphasis |  | 5 |
| 7976395865 | Malapropism | A word humorously misused |  | 6 |
| 7976398659 | Panegyric | An expression of praise |  | 7 |
| 7976412855 | Polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions |  | 8 |
| 7976484006 | Ellipses | The deliberate ommission of a word or words readily implied by context (...) | 9 |