AP Literature Term Quiz #4 Flashcards

8229826736	rhyme	similarity between syllable sounds	0
8229829940	feminine rhyme	two syllable rhyme consisting of stressed syllable followed by unstressed	1
8229835384	masculine rhyme	similarity between terminally stressed syllables	2
8229837813	eye rhyme	refers to words whose spellings would lead one to think they had rhymed	3
8229847560	slant rhyme	refers to words when either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical	4
8229854006	roman a clef	a novel in which historical events and actual people are written about under the disguise of fiction	5
8229859681	satire	a literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness, often with the intent of correcting, or changing, the subject of the satiric attack	6
8229868988	setting	the locale, time, and context in which the action of a literary work takes place	7
8229872249	simile	a comparison of different things by speaking of them as "like" or "as" the same	8
8229880208	soliloquy	an extended speech in which a lone character expresses his or her thoughts; a dramatic monologue which allows the audience to "hear" what the character is thinking	9
8229890226	sonnet	a fourteen line lyric poem in predominantly iambic pentameter, with a formal rhyme scheme. Although there can be considerable variation in rhyme scheme, most are written in either the Italian style or the English style	10
8229903120	Spenserian stanza	a 9 line stanza with the first 8 lines in iambic pentameter and the last line in iambic hexameter. Rhyme scheme is ABABBCBCC	11
8229911373	stream of consciousness	a literary style which was first used by James Joyce in his novel, Ulysses. The writer expresses a character's thoughts and feelings as a chaotic stream with no apparent order or logic. The text is held together through psychological association and realistic characterization	12
8229926237	symbolism	the use of words or objects to stand for or represent other things.	13
8229934257	synecdoche	a figure of speech by which a part of something refers to the whole	14
8229941162	syntax	an author's distinctive form of sentence construction. Distinctive forms include very long sentences, very short sentences, parallelism, and repetition of key words or phrases	15
8229951619	theme	an author's insight about life. The main idea or universal meaning, the lesson or message of a literary work. May not always be explicit of easy to state, and different interpreters may disagree	16
8229964438	tone	the writer's attitude, mood, or moral outlook toward the subject and/or readers	17
8229970143	understatement	a statement that says less than is really meant. A figure of speech that is the opposite of hyperbole,	18
8229976651	viewpoint	the intellectual or emotional perspective held by a narrator or persona	19
8229981846	first person participant	the story is narrated by one of the main characters in the story	20
8229985444	first person observer	the story is narrated by a minor character, someone plays only a small part in the plot	21
8229990667	third person omniscient	the story is not narrated by a character, but by an impersonal author who sees and knows everything, including characters' thoughts	22
8229998798	third person limited	the story is narrated by the author, but he/she focuses on the thinking and actions of a particular character	23
8230006551	objective	the story describes only what can be seen, as a newspaper reporter	24
8230011781	voice	an author's distinctive literary style, basic vision and general attitude toward the world. Revealed through the author's use of syntax, diction, punctuation, characterization, and dialogue	25
8230021345	villanelle	a 19 line poem divided into five tercets and a final quatrain	26
8230025601	meter	the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry	27
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