Ap Literature Terms 3 Flashcards

3455092629	Apostrophe	figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent or dead person or an abstract quality	0
3455095738	Sestet	six-line stanza	1
3479322056	Villanelle	- a nineteen-line poem divided into five tercets, each with the rhyme scheme aha, and a final quatrain with the rhyme scheme abaa -line 1 repeated to form lines 6, 12, and 8 -line 3 repeated to form lines9, 15, and 19 -only two basic rhymes -two repeated lines form the final couplet	2
3491435936	Dramatic Monologue	a poem in which the speaker addresses one or more listeners who remain silent or whose replies aren't revealed -FYI many of Robert Browning's poems	3
3529276150	Antihero	protagonist who lacks traditional heroic qualities and is usually dark and brooding	4
3529279648	Idiom	-expression peculiar to a language and often possessing a meaning other than its grammatical or logical one -Example: a chip on your shoulder	5
3544070683	Metonymy	-image that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is strongly associated -Example: We often use the phrase "the White House" to stand for our national government even though the White House is not part of our national government-- it is merely associated with it because it is the President's residence. -Example: "a seven says to a six" from "Rite of Passage" by Sharon Olds	6
3568434150	Ode	-a complex, generally long poem on a serious subject	7
3603080664	Catalectic Line	line of poetry missing a syllable from its metrical form	8
3608318732	Hypercatelectic Line	line of poetry with an extra syllable added to its metrical form	9
3620771105	Didactic Literature	-literature menat ot instruct, give advice, or convert a philosophical or moral lesson -example: Parables of Christ	10
3627063644	Picaresque Novel	an episodic novel about a rogue-like wanderer who lives off his wits -example: Don Quixote by Cervantes	11
3640192970	Conceit	a metaphor that makes a surprising connection between two very dissimilar things -FYI: John Donne and the metaphysical poets were famous for this.	12
3689770723	Oxymoron	figure of speech that combines apparently contradictory or incongruous ideas	13
3698199092	Hubris	Excessive pride that leads tragic hero to their deaths	14
3735826053	Synesthesia	-description of one sensation (sense) in terms of another -examples: loud colors, sharp tastes -also spelled synesthesia	15
3735829151	meter	a generally regular pattern or stressed an unstressed syllables in poetry	16
3744153497	ambiguity	multiple meanings for an event, character, image, phrase, or symbol	17
3752145665	Irony	a discrepancy between expectation and reality	18
3759674332	verbal irony	occurs when a character says one thing but really means another	19
3773527905	situational irony	occurs when there is a discrepancy between what is expected or appropriate to happen and what actually happens	20
3782322277	Dramatic Irony	occurs when the audience knows something that a character does not	21
3790888754	Heroic Couplet	a rhyming couplet, each line in iambic pentameter	22
3799247863	Trochee	-metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable -Example: peter, peter pumpkin eater	23
3806943673	Tercet	a three-line stanza	24
3820503429	triplet	a rhyming tercet	25
3829393861	Bathos	the use of insincere or overdone sentimentality	26
3838164556	pathos	the use of sincere, warm compassion and/or feelings	27
3846592251	Stream of Consciousness	a writing style that tires to depict the random flow of thought, emotions, memories, and associations rushing through character's mind AKA interior monologue	28