AP Literature: Final Exam Semester 1

Terms in this set (18)

Allusion
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Irony
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
Metaphor
A comparison without using like or as
Metonymy
the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Pun
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
Simile
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Synecdoche
A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Anapest
unstressed, unstressed, stressed
Trochee
stressed, unstressed
Dactyl
stressed, unstressed, unstressed
Trimeter
3 feet per line
Masculine ending
a line that ends with a stressed syllable
Feminine ending
Term that refers to an unstressed extra syllable at the end of a line of iambic pentameter.
Iamb
unstressed, stressed
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