Vocab AP edition Flashcards
A work that functions on a Symbolic level
Allegory
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
Alliteration
Harsh and Discordant sounds in a line or passage of a literary work
Cacophony
A break or pause whiting a line of poetry indicated by punctuation and used to emphasize meaning
Caesura
The author’s choice of words
Diction
A poem that laments the dead or a loss
Elegy
Background information present in literary work
Exposition
A simple, Symbolic story, usually employing animals as characters. Aesop an La Fontaine are authors who excel at this form
Fable
Extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
A figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea
Metonymy
The repetition or variations of an image or idea in a work which is used to develop theme or characters
Motif
A set of seemingly contradictory elements which nevertheless reflects an underlying truth
Paradox
The aspects of a literary work that elicit pity from the audience
Pathos
A six line stanza, usually paired with an octave to form a Petrarchan sonnet.
Sestet
A highly structured poetic form of 29 lines, written in iambic pentameter. It depends upon the repetition of six worlds from the first stanza in each of the six stanzas
Sestina
A speech in a play which is used to reveal the character’s inner thoughts to the audience
Soliloquy
A highly structured poetic form that comprises six stanzas: five tercets and a quatrain. The poem repeats the first and third lines throughout
Villanelle
A figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of a whole
Synecdoche
The grammatical structure of prose and poetry
Syntax
Something in a literary work that stands for something else
Symbol
