AP Spanish Literature Poetry Analysis Terms Flashcards

14710619894	vocales	vowels	0
14710619895	diptongo	diphthong, the combination of a strong vowel (a, o, e) with a weak vowel (i, u)	1
14710619896	sinéresis	two strong vowels in the same syllable	2
14710619897	sinalefa	blending two successive vowels into one syllable	3
14710619898	llana	describes words in which the stressed syllable is the second to last	4
14710619899	aguda	describes words in which the stressed syllable is the last	5
14710619900	esdrújulas	describes words in which the stressed syllable is the third to last	6
14710619901	tetrasílabo	four syllables per line	7
14710619902	hexasílabo	six syllables per line	8
14710619903	heptasílabo	seven syllables per line	9
14710619904	octosílabo	eight syllables per line	10
14710619905	eneasílabo	nine syllables per line	11
14710619906	decasílabo	ten syllables per line	12
14710619907	endecasílabo	eleven syllables per line	13
14710619908	dodecasílabo	twelve syllables per line	14
14710619909	alejandrino	fourteen syllables per line	15
14710619910	hipérbole	hyperbole, exaggeration	16
14710619911	prosopopeya	personification, giving human characteristics to non-human objects	17
14710619912	aliteración	alliteration, repetition of the same sound or group of sounds	18
14710619913	anáfora	anaphora, repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of two or more verses or sentences	19
14710619914	antítesis	antithesis, expression of contradictory ideas in similar phrases	20
14710619915	apóstrofe	apostrophe, a passage addressing a person or thing as if it could respond	21
14710619916	arte mayor	verses with more than eight syllables	22
14710619917	arte menor	verses with eight syllables or less	23
14710619918	asíndeton	asyndeton, omission of a conjunction between parts of a sentence	24
14710619919	cesura	caesura, a pause in the middle of a line	25
14710619920	encabalgamiento	enjambment, continuation of a thought from one verse to the next	26
14710619921	épica	epic poetry, poetry in an elevated style describing a historic or legendary hero	27
14710619922	epíteto	epithet, addition of adjectives that are not necessary, but emphasize a certain characteristic of a thing	28
14710619923	estribillo	refrain, line or lines that are repeated throughout a poem	29
14710619924	estrofa	stanza	30
14710619925	estructura	structure, the framework of a literary work	31
14710619926	hipérbaton	hyperbaton, alteration to the typical order of words in a sentence	32
14710619927	imagen	image, literal or figurative representation of an object or sensory experience, mental image	33
14710619928	metáfora	metaphor, a comparison between objects in which one object is typically symbolic of another	34
14710619929	metonimia	metonymy, substitution of a word for the idea meant	35
14710619930	onomatopeya	onomatopoeia, use of words to imitate a sound	36
14710619931	paradoja	paradox, union of apparently irreconcilable ideas	37
14710619932	pareado	couplet, stanza of two lines	38
14710619933	rima asonante	assonance, type of rhyme in which only the vowels rhyme	39
14710619934	rima consonante	consonance, rhyme in which the last sounds rhyme	40
14710619935	simbolo	symbol, use of a concrete object to represent an abstract idea	41
14710619936	símil	simile, comparison between two objects using like or as	42
14710619937	sinécdoque	synecdoche, substituting the name of an object for another related object, typically used to give an object a more general name	43
14710619938	soneto	sonnet, poetic composition of fourteen lines	44
14710619939	tema	theme	45
14710619940	polisíndeton	polysyndeton, repetion of conjunctions	46
14710619941	pregunta retórica	rhetorical question, question asked only for effect, not intended to be answered	47
14710619942	ritmo	rhythm, the cadence of a verse determined by the distribution of accented syllables	48
14710619943	romance	romance, Spanish ballad, poetic composition in eight syllable verses with assonance and paired verses	49
14710619944	serventesio	quatrain, stanza with eight verses of eight or more syllables with a rhyme scheme of ABAB	50
14710619945	perífrasis	periphrasis, indirect phrasing	51
14710619946	anacronismo	anachronism, use of an object in a time period in which it does not belong	52