AP Literature Terms Flashcards

9814123349	Alliteration	the repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words.	0
9814127069	Apostrophe	Figure of speech in which someone, an abstract quality, or a nonexistent person is directly addressed as though present	1
9814136287	Assonance	the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds. "A land laid waste with all its young men slain"	2
9814142084	Blank verse	unrhymed iambic pentameter. Ex: Shakespeare	3
9814155844	Caesura	a pause, usually near the middle of a line of verse, indicated by a // Ex. to err is human// to forgive divine	4
9814160171	Consonance	The repetition of a consonant sound within a series of words to produce a harmonious effect. Ex: "the thick, black smoke"	5
9814169275	Enjambment	the continuation of the sense and grammatical construction from one line of poetry to the next, meaning the sentence does not end at the end of the line.	6
9814174294	Extended metaphor	an implied analogy or comparison, which is carried throughout a stanza or an entire poem	7
9814179053	Free Verse	poetry that does not have regular rhyme or meter	8
9814183840	Hyperbole	intentional exaggeration to create an effect	9
9814185657	Juxtaposition	placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast	10
9814189038	Meter	the repetition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry, emphasizes the musical quality of the language	11
9814196829	Metonymy	figure of speech where the substitution of the name of an object with a word closely associated with it. Ex: A kind is called "the crown", an object related to it	12
9814202218	Oxymoron	a form of paradox that combines a pair of contrary terms into a single expression.	13
9814214395	Simile	A comparison of two unlike things using the word like or as	14
9814217569	synedoche	a part of something used to refer to the whole. Ex: The redneck loaded fifty head of cattle into his truck, all hands on deck	15
9814226622	Syntax	the arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements. If a poet shift words from the usual word order, this is a clue that you are dealing with an older style of poetry Ex: parallelism, repetition, questioning, rhetorical question	16
9814237879	Paradox	a situation or action of feeling that appears to be contradictory but on inspection turns out to be true or at least to make sense.	17
9814246094	Rhetorical shift	refers to a change or movement in a piece resulting from an epiphany, realization, or insight gained by the speaker, a character, or the reader	18