AP Literature Vocab Flashcards

8908235463	Shakespearean sonnet	Another word for English sonnet.	0
8908235464	Italian sonnet	A style of sonnet made popular by Petrarch which has an octave followed by a sestet.	1
8908235465	Turn	The word for the point in a sonnet where there is a shift in the thought or argument. Also known as the Volta, this shift happens between the octave and the sestet in Petrarchan or Italian sonnets.	2
8908235466	Sonnet	A fourteen-line poem that is commonly written in iambic pentameter.	3
8908235467	Apostrophe	The literary convention for speaking directly to an object, an idea, or someone's who doesn't exist or is not present. Ex: "Oh, Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree, how lovely are your branches."	4
8908235468	Imagery	Language that appeals to the senses.	5
8908235469	Allusion	A reference to someone or something from literature, history, sports, science, or popular culture.	6
8908235470	Metaphor	The comparison of two things without using like or as.	7
8908235471	Doggerel	The term for bad Verse traditionally characterized by clichés, clumsiness, and/or irregular rhythm for comic effect.	8
8908235472	Enjambment	The word for the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.	9
8908235473	Mixed metaphor	The term for a combination of two or more incompatible metaphors, which produces a ridiculous effect.	10
8908235474	Simile	A figure of speech involving the direct comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind by using the words "like" or "as".	11
8908235475	Epic	A type of long poem narrating the heroic exploits of an individual in a way central to the beliefs and culture of a society. Typical elements include fabulous adventures, superhuman deeds, elevated language, and a mythical setting.	12
8908235476	Pastoral narrative	The type of narrative poem which takes place in a rural, often idyllic, setting.	13
8908235477	Iamb	The word for a metrical foot or unit of measure consisting of two syllables, an unstressed followed by a stressed, as in the word desire.	14
8908235478	Narrative	The word for a poem which tells a story, often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters as well.	15
8908235479	Iambic pentameter	The word for a type of verse containing five pairs of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables as in ba-bum / ba-bum / ba-bum / ba-bum / ba-bum.	16
8908235480	Pentameter	The word for a line of verse consisting of a five metrical feet.	17
8908235481	Couplet	Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.	18
8908235482	Quatrain	A stanza containing four lines of verse.	19
8908235483	Foil	The term for a character who sets of another character by strong contrast.	20
8908235484	Octave	A stanza containing eight lines.	21
8908235485	Blank verse	The word for I rhymed iambic pentameter.	22
8908235486	Sestet	A six-line stanza.	23
8908235487	Tercet	The word for a three-line stanza.	24
8908235488	Iambic tetrameter	The word for a verse with four iambs per line.	25
8908235489	Haiku	A traditional Japanese tercet with a 5/7/5 syllable count.	26
8908235490	Extended Metaphor	The term for a metaphor that is continued throughout the text.	27
8908235491	Onomatopoeia	The use of words to imitate sound as in sizzle, pop, & meow.	28
8908235492	Alliteration	The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words that are close to together (Peter Piper Picked a Pickled Pepper).	29
8908235493	Assonance	The repetition of vowels sounds in words that are close together (The only other sound's the sweep / Of easy wind and downy flake).	30
8908235494	Oxymoron	A figure of speech that places two contradictory words together as in "old news" or "jumbo shrimp".	31
8908235495	Paradox	A contradictory statement that has an element of truth.	32
8908235496	Symbolism	The use of an object, person, place, or event that has both a meaning in itself and stands for something larger than itself.	33
8908235497	Metonymy	A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing is referred to by something closely associated with it such as saying "The Crown" or "The White House".	34
8908235498	Free verse	The type of poetry hat has no prescribed pattern or structure.	35
8908235499	Ode	A lyric poem that often expresses lofty emotions in an elevated style.	36
8908235500	Elegy	A poem written to honor or memorialize the dead.	37
8908235501	Synesthesia	A figure of speech in which one sense is described using terms from another as in "I smell trouble".	38
8908235502	Foil	A character who sets off another character by strong contrast.	39