AP Literature Flashcards
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| 12113637704 | allegory | story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning | 0 | |
| 12113637705 | anaphora | repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning | 1 | |
| 12113637706 | Enjambment | continuation of one line of a poem to the next without pause | 2 | |
| 12113637707 | apostrophe | figure of speech used to address an imaginary character | 3 | |
| 12113637708 | aside | when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage | 4 | |
| 12113637709 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds | 5 | |
| 12113637710 | caesura | pause in the middle of a line | 6 | |
| 12113637711 | ode | a lyric poem that celebrates something | 7 | |
| 12113637717 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse | 8 | |
| 12113637718 | didactic writing | writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach | 9 | |
| 12113637719 | free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme | 10 | |
| 12113637720 | internal rhyme | A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line | 11 | |
| 12113637722 | meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | 12 | |
| 12113637723 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it ex: the crown is allowed to make the decision. | 13 | |
| 12113637724 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 14 | |
| 12113637725 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 15 | |
| 12113637726 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 16 | |
| 12113637727 | paradox | A seeming contradiction | 17 | |
| 12113637728 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 18 | |
| 12113637729 | soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage | 19 | |
| 12113637730 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa ex: His new wheels were enviable. | 20 | |
| 12113637731 | anastrophe | the inversion of the usual word order ex: In the night sky shimmered the moon. | 21 | |
| 12113637732 | anthropomorphism | type of personification which actually makes inanimate objects seem human ex: the raging storm brought with it howling winds. | 22 | |
| 12113637733 | asyndeton | a list in which conjunctions are purposely left out. ex: Read, write, learn | 23 | |
| 12113637734 | polysyndeton | use of conjunctions frequently in a sentence. ex: here and there and everywhere | 24 | |
| 12113637735 | chiasmus | two phrases that are parallel but inverted. ex: you can take the patriot out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the patriot | 25 |