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AP Literature terms
Section 15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| realism | fidelity to actuality in literature |
| refrain | a phrase or line pertinent to the central topic; repeated at regular intervals throughout a poem, usually at the end of a stanza |
| resolution | the part of a story or drama which occurs after the climax and establishes a new norm, a new state of affairs - the way things are going to be from then on |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively |
| rhetorical device | device used to produce effective speaking or writing |
| rhetorical question | a question solely for effect, with no answer expected |
| rhyme scheme | a pattern of rhyming words in a stanza |
| rhyme | similarity or likeness of sound; internal or at the ends of lines of verse in poetry |
| double rhyme | a rhyme in which the repeated vowel is the second last syllable of the words involved; a form of feminine rhyme |
| end rhyme | both rhyming words are at the end of the lines |
| feminine rhyme | when the sounds involve more than one syllable |
| identical rhyme | preceding consonant sound is the same, or if there is no preceding consonant sound in either word, or if the same word is repeated in the rhyming position |
| internal rhyme | when one or both rhyming words are within the line |
| masculine (single) rhyme | when the sounds involve only one syllable |
| triple rhyme | a rhyme in which the repeated accented vowel sound is in the third last syllable of the words involved |
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