AP Lit Terms

An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers

A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

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Consisting of an octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba

a break between words within a metrical foot.

the analysis of the traits & qualities distinguishing the individual nature of a person

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A verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.

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Insulting, abusive, or highly critical language

A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas

The use of words that have the same sound at the beginning of each stressed syllable

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Another term for Elizabethan sonnet

A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds

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A foot consisting of two long (or stressed) syllables

a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.

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An indirect or passing reference

Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme

When a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present in the poem

a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson

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A nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain

Using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose & criticize people's stupidity or vices

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A sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses

a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject

Words or expressions used in ordinary language by common people

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A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead

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composed of six stanzas of six lines (sixains), followed by a stanza of three lines (a tercet)

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of a character when describing a particular situation

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a line of verse that consists of one short syllable followed by one long syllable

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The repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage

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The concept of making an error in terms of reasoning

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A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else

An extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem

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A picture something in which certain characteristics are exaggerated to create a comic effect

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