AP Literature, Sonnets + Rhetoric Flashcards

6126384094	pathetic fallacy	The attribution of human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects or to nature; for example angry clouds; a cruel wind.	0
6126384095	nationalism	A sense of national pride to such an extent of exalting one nation above all others	1
6126384096	metonymy	A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (such as "crown" for "royalty").	2
6126384097	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs (meaning "Cleveland's Indians baseball team")	3
6126384098	frame story	An introductory narrative within which one or more of the characters proceeds to tell a story	4
6126501480	rhetoric	The art of using language effectively and persuasively	5
6126384099	pathos	Appeal to emotion	6
6126384100	logos	Appeal to logic	7
6126384101	ethos	Appeals to an audience's sense of morality/trust; Achieved by projecting an image of credibility which supports the speaker's position	8
6126384103	Metaphysical poetry	The work of poets, particularly those of the seventeenth century, that uses elaborate conceits, is highly intellectual, and expresses the complexities of love and life	9
6126384104	conceit	A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects.	10
6126384105	enjambment	A run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next.	11
6126384107	octave	Eight line stanza	12
6126384108	sestet	six line stanza	13
6126384110	quatrain	A four line stanza	14
6126384112	couplet	Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme	15
6126384109	volta, or turn	A shift in mood or argument, usually triggered by transitional word or phrase	16
6126384106	Italian (or Petrarchan) Sonnet	a sonnet divided into an octave (rhyme scheme ABBAABBA or ABBACDDC) and a sestet (rhyme scheme CDECDE or CDCCDC)	17
6126384111	English (or Shakespearian) Sonnet	a sonnet divided into three quatrains and a couple it. Rhyme scheme - abab cdcd efef gg	18
6189790608	scansion	The analysis of a poem's meter. This is usually done by marking the stressed and unstressed syllables in each line and then based on the pattern of the stresses dividing the line into feet.	19