American Lit Vocab (days 1-10) Flashcards
a short poem of personal feelings
lyric
DUM-DUM stress pattern - stressed/unstressed
Spondee
implied meaning
connotation
linguistic sound pattern for a verse or a poem
meter
indirect reference
allusion
out of time or place
anachronism
extended metaphor
conceit
3 syllables - 1st stressed, last 2 unstressed
dactyl
related events in a sequence, story
narrative
typical character
archetype
addressing a non-existent person or idea
apostrophe
a short story or event showing a point
anecdote
use of similar parts in a sentence
parallelism
unstressed syllable, then stressed syllable
iamb
choice of words
diction
exaggeration for emphasis
hyperbole
first constant sound is repeated
alliteration
more than one meaning
ambiguity
two opposite sides are joined
oxymoron
non human thing given human qualities/attributes
personification
3 syllables - 1st two are unstressed last one is stressed
anapest
literal meaning
denotation
repetitive use of constants
consonance
vowel sounds are repeated
assonance
stressed syllable followed by an unstressed
trochee
long short patterns of syllables
rhythm