AP Literature Vocab Flashcards

5127372332	Alliteration	The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words.	0
5127377694	Allusion	A reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea	1
5127382739	Assonance	The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prouse	2
5127392106	Blank Verse	Iambic pentameter, do not rhyme. ex Shakespeare	3
5127400086	Caesura	A pause somewhere in the MIDDLE of a verse, often but not always with a punct	4
5127403802	Classical	From ancient Greek and Roman culture, formality, objectivity, simplicity, and restraint	5
5127409155	Conceit	Witty or ingenious thought a diverting or highly fanciful idea, fig lang	6
5127413708	Connotation	Implied meaning of a word or phrase.	7
5127416444	Consonance	Repetition of 2 or more consonant sounds in a groups of words or a line of poetry	8
5127419073	Denotation	Dictionary definition of a word	9
5127420922	Elegy	Laments or meditates on the passing of death or something or someone of value	10
5127424309	End-stopped	Describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation	11
5127428582	Enjambment	Use of the successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them	12
5127436205	Figure of speech	Ex. Metaphors, similes, and personification	13
5127438561	Hyperbole	Overstatement, exaggeration	14
5127441014	Free Verse	No rhymed lines, rhythm, or fixed metrical feet	15
5127446916	Lyric Poetry	Personal, reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings	16
5127449504	Middle English	Language spoken in England between 1150 and 1500 A.D	17
5127452552	Mood	Emotional tone in a work of literature	18
5127453843	Old English	Anglo-Saxon language spoken in England from 450 to 1150 A.D.	19
5127459672	Oxymoron	Terms consisting contradictory elements juxtaposed to create affect	20
5127465300	Paradox	Statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true	21
5127468931	Pentameter	A verse with 5 poetic feet per line, 10 syllbols	22
5127474027	Quatrain	A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem	23
5127476937	Rhyme	Repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals	24
5127479229	Stanza	A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter, rhyme, or some other plan	25
5127485503	Volta	Turn	26
5127487117	Malapropism	Mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one, often with amusing effect	27
5127490017	Non-sequiter	Does not follow	28