AP Literature Devices Flashcards

7670299918	Alliteration	The repetition at close intervals of the beginning of words	0
7670299920	Anapest	A metrical foot of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed	1
7670303232	Apostrophe	Address to someone absent, dead, or non-human as if alive	2
7670303233	Assonance	The repetition at close intervals of vowel sounds	3
7670303234	Blank Verse	Unrhymed iambic pentameter	4
7670306075	Couplet	Two successive lines that rhyme	5
7670306076	Dactyl	A metrical foot of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed	6
7670306077	Spondee	A metrical foot of two stressed syllables in a row	7
7670306078	Foot	Basic unit of scansion for meter	8
7670311517	Consonance	The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the end of words	9
7670311518	Caesura	A pause in a line of poetry through grammar or word choice	10
7670314313	Hyperbole	Exaggeration	11
7670314314	Iambic	A metrical foot of one unstressed syllable followed by a stress	12
7670317002	Enjambment	A continuation of a complete idea form one line to the next	13
7670317003	Metaphor	Comparison of two things by saying one IS the other	14
7670317004	Meter	Arrangement of rhythm in a line of poetry	15
7670321105	Metonymy	A small part or portion is used to represent the whole	16
7670321106	Synecdoche	A significant aspect of part represents the whole	17
7670325055	Onomatopoeia	Words that mimic their meaning through sound	18
7670325057	Personification	Giving human attributes to an inanimate object	19
7670327802	Epic	A long serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure	20
7670327803	Tetrameter	A line of poetry that has four metrical feet	21
7670331372	Heptameter	A line of poetry with seven metrical feet	22
7670331373	Trochee	A metrical foot of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed	23
7670331374	Sonnets	A fixed form of poetry consisting of 14 lines	24
7670334282	Ode	A poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet	25
7670337750	Simile	Comparison using "like" of "as"	26