stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
AP Engliskh Literature Literary Devices Definitions Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
AP Engliskh Literature Literary Devices Definitions
What is apostrophe?
What is a blank verse?
AP Engliskh Literature Literary Devices Definitions
58 terms
·
StudBud Administration
#English
Flashcards
58 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
58
Answers
1
What is a blank verse?
Poetry with no rhyme scheme and written in iambic pentameter
Poetry with no rhyme scheme and metric scheme
2
What is apostrophe?
A character addresses an imaginary person or object
A part representing the whole
Comparison made using like or as
Replacing the name of a thing with something related
3
What is imagery?
Style of speaking or writing
Figurativespeech that appeals to the audience's senses
Tool used to criticize through humor, irony, & exaggeration
Main idea or underlying message of a literary work
4
What is an eye rhyme?
Words that imitate the natural sound of a thing
Rhymes at the end of lines in poetry
Similarity between spelling but not pronunciation
Middle and end words rhyme in a poetic line
5
What is an assonance?
Middle and end words that rhyme in a poetic line
When 2 or more words have the same vowel sounds
Repetition of sounds produced by consonants
Words which imitates the natural sounds of things
6
What is rhythm?
Poetry with no rhyme scheme and metric scheme
Long and short patterns in poetry
Poetry with no rhyme scheme and written in iambic pentameter
Measuring unit
7
What is a symbol?
A self-contradictory statement
Things that represent something else
Tool used to criticize through humor, irony, & exaggeration
Main idea or underlying message of a literary work
8
What is antithesis?
Replacing the name of a thing with something related
A part representing the whole
A character addresses an imaginary person or object
opposite ideas put together in a sentence
9
What is an oxymoron?
2 opposite ideas joined together
Tool used to criticize through humor, irony, & exaggeration
A play on words
Main idea or underlying message of a literary work
10
What is a consonance?
Repetition of consonants within a sentence
Middle and end words rhyme in a poetic line
Words which imitates the natural sounds of a thing
Rhyme where stressed consonants match but the vowels don't
11
What is understatement?
Giving human qualities to inhuman things
2 different objects compared by using similes and metaphors
A positive statement expressed through double negatives
Making a situation seem less important
12
What is a sestet?
A group of lines that appear where a poem divides
A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter
6 successive lines in poetry
A poem that tells a story, usually folklore or mythology
13
What is an enjambment?
Division of poetry into feet based on syllable lengths
Poetry with no rhyme scheme or metric scheme
Poetry with no rhyme sheme and written in iambic pentameter
Moving over one from one line to another with no punctuation
14
What is metonymy?
Replacing the name of a thing with something related
A part representing the whole
15
What is a free verse?
Poetry with no rhyme scheme and metric scheme
Poetry with no rhyme scheme and written in iambic pentameter
16
What is a didactic poem?
A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter
A narrative poem of a person in a specific situation
A poem that contains a clear moral or message
A poem that tells a story, usually folklore or mythology
17
What is pentameter?
Five feet in a line
Poetry with no rhyme scheme and metric scheme
Poetry with no rhyme scheme and written in iambic pentameter
18
What is a refrain?
A group of lines that appear where a poem is divided
Dance verse
A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter
A poem that tells a story, usually folklore or mythology
19
What is tone?
Use of figurative speech to appeal to the audience's senses
Attitude of a writer to a subject or audience
Tool used to criticize through humor, irony, & exaggeration
Main idea or underlying message of a literary work
20
What is a masculine rhyme?
Middle and end words match in a poetic line
Words that imitate the natural sound of a thing
Only one syllable rhymes, usually at the end of lines
21
What is scansion?
Poetry with no rhyme scheme and written in iambic pentameter
Stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern
Division of poetry into feet based on syllable lengths
Poetry with no rhyme scheme or metric scheme
22
What is litotes?
Giving human qualities to inhuman things
2 different objects compared by using similes and metaphors
A positive statement expressed through double negatives
23
What is a pun?
A play on words
Attitude of the writer to a subject or audience
Main idea or underlying message of a literary work
Tool used to criticize through humor, irony, & exaggeration
24
What is a lyric poem?
A collection of verses and choruses
A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter
A poem that tells a story, usually folklore or mythology
25
What is an internal rhyme?
Words that imitate the natural sound of a thing
Middle and end words match in a poetic line
26
What is a poetic foot?
Poetry with no rhyme scheme and written in iambic pentameter
Poetry with no rhyme scheme and metric scheme
Unstressed/ stressed syllables
Measuring unit
27
What is a narrative poem?
A poem that tells a story, usually folklore or mythology
A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter
28
What is theme?
Main idea or underlying message of a literary work
Tool used to criticize through humor, irony, & exaggeration
29
What is a ballad?
A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter
A poem that tells a story, usually folklore or mythology
Dance verse
A poem that contains a clear moral or message
30
What is a quatrain?
A poem that tells a story, ususally folklore or mythology
6 successive lines in poetry
A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter
4 successive lines in poetry
31
What is meter?
Poetry with no rhyme scheme and written in iambic pentameter
Poetry with no rhyme scheme and metric scheme
Long and short patterns in poetry
Stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern
32
What is an onomatopoeia?
Words that imitate the natural sound of a thing
Middle and end words rhyme in a poetic line
33
What is an end rhyme?
Rhyme that matches only one syllable, usually at the end
Rhymes at the ends of lines in poetry
Rhyme between stressed syllables followed by unstressed ones
Words that imitate the natural sounds of things
34
What is a metaphor?
Replacing the name of a thing with something related
Implicit, implied or hidden comparison
A part representing the whole
Speaker says something contradictory to its actions
35
What is an end-stopped line?
A pause comes at the end of a syntactic unit
Poetry with no rhyme scheme or metric scheme
Moving over from one line to another without punctuation
Poetry with no rhyme scheme and written in iambic pentameter
36
What is a caesura?
A pause at the end of a syntactic unit in poetry
Un-rhymed verse written in imabic pentameter
A pause in a poetic line
Poetry without rhyme scheme or metric scheme
37
What is a feminine rhyme?
Middle and end words match in a poetic line
Words that imitate the natural sound of a thing
Rhyme between stressed syllables followed by unstressed ones
Rhyme that matches only one syllable, only at the end
38
What is synecdoche?
A part representing the whole
Replacing the name of a thing with something related
39
What is an iambic foot?
Poetry with no rhyme scheme and written in iambic pentameter
Unstressed/ stressed syllables
Poetry with no rhyme scheme and metric scheme
Five feet in a line
40
What is style?
Tool used to criticize through humor, irony, & exaggeration
Main idea or underlying message of a literary work
The way a writer writes
41
What is an alliteration?
When two or words have the same vowel sounds
When words in the middle and the end of a line rhymes
Repetition of consonants in a number of words
Words which imitate the natural sounds of things
42
What is situational irony?
Replacing the name of a thing with something related
What is expected to happen versus what happened
A part repesenting the whole
43
What is an octave?
8 successive lines in poetry
A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter
4 successive lines in poetry
A poem that tells a story, usually folklore or mythology
44
What is syntax?
Set of rules in a language
Main idea or underlying message of a literary work
The way a writer writes
Tool used to criticize through humor, irony, & exaggeration
45
What is a slant rhyme?
Words which imitate the natural sound of a thing
Rhyme where stressed consonants match but the vowels don't
Middle and end words rhyme in a poetic line
Similarity between looks but not sounds
46
What is a paradox?
Tool used to criticize through humor, irony, & exaggeration
A self- contradictory statement
2 opposite ideas are joined
Main idea or underlying message of a literary work
47
What is a couplet?
A poem that tells a story, usually folklore or mythology
A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter
2 successive rhyming lines in a verse
8 successive lines in a verse
48
What is a dramatic poem?
A poem that tells a story, usually folklore or mythology
A narrative poem of a person in a specific situation
A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter
A funeral song or a poem in elegaic couplets
49
What is a simile?
A part representing the whole
Replacing the name of a thing with something related
Implicit, implied or hidden comparison
Comparison made using like or as
50
What is a sonnet?
A poem that tells a story, usually folklore or mythology
A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter
51
What is an elegy?
A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter
A funeral song or a poem in elegaic couplets
A poem that tells a story, usually folklore or mythology
A collection of verses and choruses
52
What is personification?
Giving human qualities to inhuman things
2 different objects compared by using similes and metaphors
53
What is hyperbole?
An exaggeration
Giving human qualities to inhuman things
2 different objects compared by using similes and metaphors
Making a situation seem less important
54
What is verbal irony?
A part representing the whole
Replacing the name of a thing with something related
The audience know more about the situation than the actors
Speaker says something contradictory to its actions
55
What is diction?
Style of speaking or writing
Set of rules in a language
Tool used to criticize through humor, irony, & exaggeration
Main idea or underlying message of a literary work
56
What is dramatic irony?
A part representing the whole
The audience knows more about the situation than the actors
Difference between what is expected versus what happened
Replacing the name of a thing with something related
57
What is conceit?
Giving human qualities to inhuman things
2 different objects compared by using similes and metaphors
58
What is satire?
Main idea or underlying message of a literary work
Tool used to criticize through humor, irony, & exaggeration
