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AP ENGISH LIT. TERMS
LITERARY TERMS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Items placed side by side in a literary text usually for contrast or comparison | juxtaposition |
| a stanza of poetry consisting of four lines | quatrain |
| a statement that seems untrue but in fact is true | paradox |
| the order of words in a sentence | syntax |
| the use of a significant part of a thing to stand for the whole or vise versa | synecdoche |
| the writers or speakers attitude towards the subject matter. | tone |
| the sound of a word is related to its meaning | onomatopoeia |
| a poem that commemorates or celebrates | ode |
| the repetition of vowel sounds | assonance |
| a direct address to someone or something that is not physically present | apostrophe |
| repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of the line of poetry | anaphora |
| the repetition of initial identical consonants sounds or vowels | alliteration |
| division of a single thing into two usually contradicting parts or options | dichotomy |
| a technique of arranging events and information in such a way that later events are prepared for in a story | Foreshadowing |
| writing or speaking that implies the contrary of what is actually written or spoken | irony |
| comparison of two things, "like" or "as" | simile |
| giving an object/animal human like features | personification |
| a point confirmed by negating its opposite | litote |
| the eyes or voice/speaker/attitude/vision of the poem | persona |
| the most common meter in english verse (UI) | iambic pentameter |
| language that evokes particular sensations or emotional responses from the reader | imagery |
| a sadly mediative poem often written on the occasion of a death | elegy |
| a run on at the end of a stanza in poetry | Enjamb |
| poetry that is without regular rhythm and without regular rhyme | free verse |
| the subjective sensation of a sense other than the one being stimulated | synaesthesia |
| something that is itself and also stands for something else | symbol |
| metrically traditional rhythm in a line of poetry without rhyme | blank verse |
| a statement that one thing is something else, which, in a literally sense, it is not. this emphasizes similarities between the things | metaphor |
| the name of a thing is substituted for that of another closely associated with it | metonymy |
| an element (image, idea, theme, situation or action) that recurs significantly throughout a narrative | Motif |
| exaggeration, used for effect | hyperbole |
| a brief quotation from another text, preceding a literary work usual suggesting the subject theme or atmosphere the literary work will explore | epigraph |
| 14 line poem | sonnet |
| a pause i the middle of a line of poetry, used for effect | caesura |
| uses elaborate comparisons or extended | conceit |
| word choice | diction |
| two lines of poetry expressing a complete thought, usually rhymed | couplet |
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