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AP Literature terms
Section 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dactylic | meter composed of feet that are long-short-short |
| iambic | meter composed of feet that are short-long |
| trochiac | meter composed of feet that are long-short |
| pyrrhic | 2 unstressed syllables |
| spondaic | a foot in which both syllables are stressed |
| metonomy | substituting a word naming an object for another word closely associated with it |
| microcosm | a small "world" that stands for the larger one |
| mixed metaphor | a metaphor whose elements are either incongruent or contradictory by the use of incompatible identifications |
| monologue | a written or oral composition presenting the discourse of one speaker only |
| montage | a series of images that appear after another |
| motif (leitmotiv) | a recurring concept or story element in literature; includes concepts such as types of incident or situation, plot devices, patterns of imagery, or archetypes and character types |
| myth | a fictional tale, originally with religious significance, that explains heroes, gods, nature, and/or natural phenomenon |