AP Literature Terms Flashcards

11790739583	Anapest	three-syllable foot, stress on third	0
11790779160	Assonance	Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity	1
11790807232	cadence	rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words	2
11790811784	Haiku	3 unrhymed lines (5, 7, 5 syllable formation) usually focusing on nature	3
11790843612	half rhyme	a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of ending consonants match, however the preceding vowel sounds do not match	4
11790849229	internal rhyme	a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next.	5
11790857561	Limerick	a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba	6
11790862831	line break	Where a line of poetry ends	7
11790897915	Meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	8
11790903314	Pentameter	a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet	9
11790937243	Repitition	Repeating a word, phrase, or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect	10
11790940803	Rhyme	Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.	11
11790978596	Sonnet	a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.	12
11790998349	iambic pentameter	a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable	13
11791009651	Ballad	A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas, characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style.	14
11796143377	Couplet	Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme	15
11796148361	Quatrain	A four line stanza	16
11796157560	Spondee	a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables	17
11796169755	adage	a familiar proverb or wise saying	18
11796173588	Allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.	19
11796179532	Alliteration	the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.	20
11796194222	anagram	a word or phrase formed from another word or phrase by changing the order of the letters	21
11796202864	anecdote	A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event.	22
11796208562	Archetype	A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response	23
11796215952	cacophony	A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds	24
11796226356	Colloqialism	informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing	25
11796237181	Ellipsis	three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation	26
11796241820	Fable	A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters	27
11796250347	Genre	a major category or type of literature	28
11796255085	Ode	A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject.	29
11796260129	palindrome	A word or an expression that is spelled the same backward and forward	30
11796278238	Parable	A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson	31
11796283925	Parallelism	Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other	32
11796292055	Parody	A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.	33
11796300535	portmanteau	a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings	34
11796304887	Satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	35
11796323468	Soliloquy	an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.	36
11796327686	Tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	37
11796337380	Tragicomedy	A drama combining elements of tragedy and comedy	38
11796343438	Anti-climax	a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events	39
11796349553	dynamic character	A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action	40
11796353539	flat character	A character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story	41
11796357264	epistolary	A piece of literature contained in or carried on by letters	42
11796365028	Subplot	a minor plot that relates in some way to the main story	43