AP Literature Flashcards

12438551498	Iamb (Iambic	(un-, accented) contain, prevent	0
12438551499	Trochee (Trochaic)	(accented, un-) football, spider	1
12438551500	Dactlyl (Dactyllic)	(accented, un-, un-) Dangerous, melody	2
12438551501	Anapest (anapestic)	(Un-, un-, accented) comprehend, intervene	3
12438551502	Spondee (spondaic)	(Accented, unaccented) Knick-knack, true-blue	4
12438551503	Pyrrhic	(Un-, un-) of the	5
12438551504	Rhythm	General beat of poem	6
12438551505	Meter	Measurement of the rhythm and refers to he measurement of poetic feet	7
12438551506	Poetic foot	Measure in music - it breaks a line into rhythmic units	8
12438551507	One foot	Monometer	9
12438551508	Two feet	Dimeter	10
12438551509	Three feet	Trimeter	11
12438551510	Four feet	Tetrameter	12
12438551511	Five feet	Pentameter	13
12438551512	Six feet	Hexameter	14
12438551513	Sevens feet	Septameter	15
12438551514	Assonance	Repeated vowel sounds in relatively close proximity	16
12438551515	Consonance	Repeated constant sounds in relatively close proximity	17
12438551516	Alliterarion	Repeated initial consonant sounds in relatively close proximity	18
12438551517	Euphony	Smooth, soft, pleasant, and gentle sounding language	19
12438551518	Cacophany	Harsh, rough, and sometimes unpleasant sounding language	20
12438551519	Onomatopoeia	A word with imitates the natural sound of the thing it defines	21
12438551520	Rhyme	The repetition of intentionally similar sounding words (containing both similar ending vowel and consonant sounds)	22
12438551521	End rhyme	Rhyme that appears at the end of poetic lines	23
12438551522	Slant rhyme	Rhyme that does it match exactly but instead hints at a similarity in the sound of words	24
12438551523	Internal rhyme	Rhyme that appears within a single line of poetry	25
12438551524	Scansion	Identification of the rhythm and meter	26
12438551525	Synecdoche	Figure of speech where a little part represents a metaphorical whole	27
12438551526	Syntax	How words are organized into sentences, clauses, and phrases	28
12438551527	Inversion	A reversal of typical word order	29
12438551528	Balanced	A sentence with two segments with equal grammatical construction and length	30
12438551529	Cumulative	A sentence structure in which main ideas come first and supporting ideas come after	31
12438551530	Periodic	A sentence structure in which the main ideas is saved until the end.	32
12438551531	Parallel	A sentence type implementing grammatically similar structures	33
12438551532	Antimetabole	An AB:BA pattern in which A and B are repeated words	34
12438551533	Chiasmus	An AB:BA with grammatical pieces	35
12438551534	Personification	Endowing inanimate objects with abstract concepts or animate characteristics	36
12438551535	Metaphor	An implied, less restrictive comparative suggestion	37
12438551536	Litote	Understatement	38
12438551537	Metonomy	A comparison substituting an attribute of a thing for the thing itself	39
12438551538	Simile	A direct comparison using an explicit verbal cue	40
12438551539	Hyperbole	Over exaggeratoon	41
12438551540	Figurative language	Non literal expression	42
12438551541	Image	Concrete representation of a sense expression	43
12438551542	Aural	Pertaining to hearing	44
12438551543	Olfactory	Pertaining to smelling	45
12438551544	Imagery	A sense represented through language	46
12438551545	Tactile	Pertaining to touch	47
12438551546	Gustatory	Pertaining to the sense of taste	48