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ap english 4 lit and comp- lit and poetry terms

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Allergory
A narrative or description having a second meaning beneath the surface one. A story, fictional or nonfictional in which characters, things, and events represent qualities or concepts with a hidden meaning
Alliteraton
the repetition at close intervals of initial and identical consonant sounds
Blank Verse
the verse form that most resembles common speech, blank verse consists of unrhymed lines in iambic pentameter
Caesura
A pause in a line of verse, indicated by natural speech patterns rather than due to specific metrical patterns. due to punctuation
Connotation
rather then the dictionary definition, connotation is the associations implied by a word; implied meaning rather then the literal meaning
Denotation
the dictionary meaning of a word, literal meaning
enjambment
the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line- no punctuation
foot
a group of syllables constituting a metrical unit. in english poetry it consists of stressed and unstressed syllables
Imagery
The use of images, especially in a pattern of related images, often figurative, to create a strong unified sensory impression.
meter
the rhythm of a piece constituting in a metrical unit. In english poetry it consists of stressed and unstressed syllables
Onomatopoeia
the use of words that imitate sounds
oxymoron
juxtaposing two contradictory/ opposite terms like wise fool
Paradox
a seemingly contradictory statementor situation which is actually true, used for emphasis or to attract attention
Personification
figurative language in which inanimate objects, animals, ideas, or abstractions are endowed with human traits or human form
pun
plays with multiple meanings of a word or words. One word may be used in a way that suggests several meanings or two words that sound alike may be used with different meanings
rhyme
correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry
rhythm
the measured flow of words or phrases in verse or prose as determined by the relation of long and short or stressed and unstressed syllables
tone
a central idea of a work of fiction or nonfiction revealed and developed in the course of a story or explored through argument
turn or volta
the volta is the turn of thought in an arguement, many times a problem or conflict is identified and then a solution is given in the final stanza or couplet.
Understatement
deliberately representing something as much less than it really is.
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love- talking to a dead person
Assonance
the repetition of a vowel sound in non rhyming stressed syllables
ballad
a narrative poem that is or was meant to be sung. repetition and refrain characterize the ballad- classical in nature
consonance
formed by repeating the same consonant sound at the end of stressed syllables with different vowels before the consonants
allusion
an indirect reference to something with which the reader is expected to be familiar. usually literally, historical, biblical or mythological
extended metaphor
one developed at length and involves several points of comparison
hyperbole
exaggeration used to heighten effect, often humorous
litotes
a form of understatement created by denying the oppostie of the idea. double negative to equal opposite meaning
metaphor
a comparision of two things often unrelated, a figurative verbal equation results where both parts illuminate anither
Metonymy
type of metaphor in which something is closely associated with another idea- something closely associated
simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description - using like or as
synecdoche
type of metaphor in which a part of the subject is substituted for the whole
overstatement
rhetorical device used to evoke strong feelings or create a strong impression
understatement
representing something as much less than it is
Verified questions
literature
Is greed or desire the root: of all evil? Discuss the Pardoner's moral.
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question
For each of the following items, cross put any word that has an error in correctly write the word above it. If the word or word group is already correct, write C. **Example** 1. The New York $\cancel{\text{giants}}$ (Giants) 19. university of Iowa
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history
What kept the Austrian Empire from having a fully centralized absolutist state?
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question
If the verb in a sentence does not agree with its subject, cross out the incorrect verb and write the correct verb above it. If a sentence is already correct, write C above it. Each of the girls swim every day during the summer.
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