Ap Literature Flashcards

7914552519	paradox	It is a contradictory statement or proposition	0
7914552520	apostrophe	an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) or thing (typically one that is personified)	1
7914558496	anaphora	is the repetition of a certain word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines of writing or speech	2
7914562452	alliteration	literary device that repeats a speech sound in a sequence of words that are close to each other.	3
7914562453	understatement	A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is. A statement which lessens or minimizes the importance of what is meant. Restraint or lack of emphasis in expression, as for rhetorical effect.	4
7914567196	rhyming couplets	is two line of the same length that rhyme and complete one thought	5
7914569974	visual imagery	the elements in a poem that spark off the senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste)	6
7914570044	auditory imagery	to use figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.	7
7914573741	enjambment	is incomplete syntax at the end of a line; the meaning runs over from one poetic line to the next, without terminal punctuation	8
7914578806	variable rhythm	IDK	9
7914582038	lament	nonnarrative poem expressing deep grief or sorrow over a personal loss.	10
7914582039	incongruous	means out of place — something that doesn't fit in its location or situation.	11
7914584052	fleeting	passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory:	12
7914591154	dearth	a scarcity or lack of something.	13