AP Literature and Composition Study Guide Literature Devices Flashcards

13892160575	Apostrophe	a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or object	0
13892191081	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers	1
13892215225	Sonnet	a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme and fixed meter	2
13892320754	Blank verse	Unrhymed iambic pentameter	3
13892333076	Free verse	Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter	4
13892535652	Conceit	An extended metaphor	5
13892548082	Enjambment	The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.	6
13892560203	Couplet	Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme	7
13892564231	Sestet	The last 6 lines of a sonnet	8
13892576525	Tercet	3 line stanza	9
13892612632	Consonance	Repetition of consonant sounds	10
13892628191	Quatrain	4 line stanza	11
13892647377	Litotes	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite	12
13892711865	Allusion	A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art	13
13892724859	Motif	A recurring theme, subject or idea	14
13892743489	Limerick	A five line poem in which lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme and lines 3 and 4 rhyme.	15
13892746867	Syntax	Sentence structure	16
13892750997	Allegory	A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.	17
13892761055	Prose	Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.	18
13892771352	Pastoral	A work of literature dealing with rural life	19
13892780485	Parody	A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.	20
13892821215	Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word	21
13892831741	Colloquialism	Informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing (e.g y'all, gonna)	22
13892847906	Syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion (e.g All girls play soccer. I am a girl. Therefore, I play soccer)	23
13892863102	Parrallelism	This literary technique uses the repetition of words, phrases, or thought patterns for emphasis.	24