AP Notes Terms 131-140

Question 1

pause or sudden break in a line of poetry

Answer 1

Caesura

Question 2

unrhymed iambic pentameter

Answer 2

Blank Verse

Question 3

fact: statement that can be proven; opinion: statement that reflects writer’s/speaker’s beliefs but can not be proven by proof/evidence

Answer 3

Fact and Opinion

Question 4

expressions that are not literally true ex. simile, oxymoron, cliché, metonymy

Answer 4

Figurative Language/Figure of Speech

Question 5

interruption of chronological sequence of event of earlier occurrence; narrative technique that allows writer to present past events during current events to provide background

Answer 5

Flashback

Question 6

traditions, customs, and stories passed down within a culture; contains various types of literature such as legends, myths, fables, folktales

Answer 6

Folklore

Question 7

simple story passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth; told primarily to entertain rather than explain/teach a lesson

Answer 7

Folktale

Question 8

poetry without regular patterns of rhyme and rhythm; used to capture sounds and rhythms of ordinary speech

Answer 8

Free Verse

Question 9

couplet consisting of two successive rhyming lines that contain a complete thought

Answer 9

Heroic Couplet/Closed Couplet

Question 10

fiction that explores a past time period and may contain references to actual people and events of the past

Answer 10

Historical Fiction