AP Literature and Comp Vocab 1 Flashcards

9869964738	Imagery	The use of figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.	0
9869971656	Alliteration	A stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.	1
9869979354	Consonance	Type of Alliteration: Consonant Sounds.	2
9869979355	Assonance	Type of Alliteration: Vowel Sounds (Usually within words).	3
9869987267	Diction	The style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words.	4
9869989812	Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word.	5
9869989813	Connotation	Refers to a meaning that is implied by or associated with a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Words carry cultural and emotional associations or meanings.	6
9869991900	End-stopped Line	A poetic device in which a pause comes at the end of a syntactic unit (sentence, clause or phrase); this pause can be expressed in writing as a punctuation mark such as a colon, semi-colon, period or full stop.	7
9869994508	Slant Rhyme/Half-Rhyme	A rhyme in which the stressed syllables of ending consonants match, however the preceding vowel sounds do not match.	8
9869994509	Internal Rhyme	Metrical line in which middle words and end words rhyme with each other. It is also called middle rhyme, since it comes in the middle of lines ("Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary")	9