AP Literature Flashcards
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| 10934913862 | Ballad meter | four-line stanza rhymed abcb with 4 feet in lines 1 and 3 feet in lines 2 and 4 | 0 | |
| 10934927201 | Grotesque | characterized by distortions or incongruities | 1 | |
| 12496436746 | Antecedent | word, phrase or clause | 2 | |
| 12496440911 | Ellipsis | omission of a word or several words necessary construction that is still understandable | 3 | |
| 12496449308 | Tetrameter | line of 4 feet | 4 | |
| 12496462675 | Clause | group of words containing subject and verb that maybe a complete sentence | 5 | |
| 12496472227 | Periodic sentence | sentence grammatically complete only at the end | 6 | |
| 12496483396 | Parallel structure | similar grammatical structure within a sentence or a paragraph | 7 | |
| 12496487086 | Syntax | structure of a sentence | 8 | |
| 12496492008 | Pentameter | line containing 5 feet | 9 | |
| 12496498602 | Imperative | mood of a verb that gives an order | 10 | |
| 12496509666 | Terza Rima | 3 lined stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc | 11 | |
| 12496525863 | Digression | material unrelated to subject of a work | 12 | |
| 12496530649 | Diction | word choice | 13 | |
| 12496533841 | Parody | imitates style normally in comics | 14 | |
| 12496538797 | Epigram | pithy saying often using contrast | 15 | |
| 12496553784 | Jargon | special language of a profession or group | 16 | |
| 12496561998 | Soliloquy | speech in which a character who is alone speaks their thoughts aloud. | 17 |