AP Literature Flashcards
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| 9861816714 | Antecedent | Existed before or logically prededes another | 0 | |
| 9861816715 | Ephemeral | Lasting a very short time | 1 | |
| 9861816716 | Pensive | In deep or serious thought | 2 | |
| 9861816717 | laudatory | expressing praise and commendation | 3 | |
| 9861816718 | indignant | feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment | 4 | |
| 9861816719 | condescending | possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing | 5 | |
| 9861816720 | Hyperbole | Claims not meant to be taken literally | 6 | |
| 9861816721 | alliteration (n) | repetition of beginning sound in poetry | 7 | |
| 9861816722 | parallel structure | the repetition of phrases, clauses, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure | 8 | |
| 9861816723 | Elegy | Poem of serious reflection | 9 | |
| 9861816724 | shakesperean sonnet | 14 lines, 3 sets of 4 lines and a 2 line couplet | 10 | |
| 9861816725 | Sestina | a poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet | 11 | |
| 9861816726 | Seer | A fortune teller and predict future | 12 |