Duplicate of AP Lit Terms 1-50

When two or more words repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds

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A sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses

A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line that rhymes with another word following it

"My dog is as smelly as dirty socks" is an example of what?

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

A foot consisting of two long (or stressed) syllables

Ex: Good Samaritan

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The analysis of the combination of traits distinguishing the individual nature of a person

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The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

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"The leaves danced their way through the lawn", is an example of what?

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Contrasting a description with what actually happens

Ex: You can save money by spending it

Ex: when everyone in class plays a different song at the same time

Ex: saying "you look blue" instead of "you look sad"

The repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Words common in everyday speech

Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit

Ex: The EArly bIrd catches the wOrm (capitalized letters make the same sound)

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A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds

An image of something in which certain characteristics are exaggerated to create a comic effect

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

Comparison between two things without using like or as

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A type of poetry which expresses personal emotions, typically spoken in the first person

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Ex: The house is a castle

Sound word

A sad poem, usually written to praise and express sorrow for someone who is dead

A comparison using like or as

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A question that you ask without expecting an answer

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When you use words that have the same sound at the beginning

Ex: saying that it is a little warm when the temperature is 100 degrees Fahrenheit

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The use of irony to expose and criticize people's stupidity

Ex: Because the boys went to the park, they did not go to the zoo

Ex: Jumbo Shrimp

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When an author uses a single metaphor at length multiple times throughout a poem or story

Ex: I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!

The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is

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

Ex: a // represents what?

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A short text honoring a deceased person

"I like swimming better than diving", is an example of what?

A true statement that leads to a self-contradictory or a logically unacceptable conclusion

Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" speech is an example of what?

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Ex: Don Quixote

A poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet

Ex: Winners never quit, and quitters never win -Vince Lombardi

Ex: saying "wonderful weather we're having" when it's storming

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An imitation of some style with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect

A poem consisting of an octave with the rhyme scheme and of a sestet with one rhyme scheme

Insulting, abusive, or highly critical language

The attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman

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

Ex: calling someone a not so good word

A spoken or written account of connected events; a story

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Poem composed of 3 quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter and rhymes

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

A poem similar to a speech, where the speaker reveals their character while describing an event

Ex: Sally sells seashells by the sea shore

A didactic story, which illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles

Ex: analyzing the nature of Mickey Mouse

A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas

Ex: "Here lies Robbie, such a dear and gentle soul"

A pattern of invalid reasoning because its logical structure is flawed

A break between words within a metrical foot

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Ex: “Twinkle, twinkle, little star,How I wonder what you are..." (star represents an idea)

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A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

A line of verse with five metrical feet, containing a short syllable followed by a long one

A reference to a famous work of art or literature

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

Ex: BOOM!

Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter

The name of the person (normally) who is being directly spoken to

Ex: saying "nice wheels" but talking about the car as a whole

Ex: saying "The Oval Office was busy in work", instead of naming the people in the oval office