Vocab Vi Ap English Iv

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same consonant sounds in a sequence of words, usually at the beginning of a word or stressed syllable. "keen" & "car" alliterate; "car" & "cite" do not.

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Apostrophe

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An address, either to someone who is absent and therefore cannot hear the speaker or to something nonhuman that cannot comprehend. Brings object/ person to life with immediate presence.

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Assonance

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Repetition of internal vowel sounds in nearby words that do not end the same. Emphasizes important words and the meaning of those words. "Asleep under a tree"

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Ballad

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Traditionally a song, dramatic. Literary ballad is a narrative poem written to imitate the language of a traditional ballad.

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Ballad Stanza

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Four-line stanza. 4-3-4-3 stressed syllable pattern.

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Connotation

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Associations and implications that go beyond the literal meaning of a word. Derived from how the word has been commonly used and the associations people made with it

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Consonance

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Identical consonant sounds preceded by different vowel sounds. "home, same; breath, worth"

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Couplet

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Two consecutive lines of poetry that usually rhyme and have the same meter.

-Heroic Couplet- rhymed iambic pentameter

-Blanke Verse- unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Dramatic monologue

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A type of lyric poem in which a character (the speaker) addresses a distinct but silent audience to reveal a dramatic situation and an aspect of his/ her personality or temperament

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Elegy

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Mournful, contemplative lyric poem to commemorate someone, often ending in a consolation

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End-Stopped Line

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A poetic line that has a pause at the end. Reflects normal speech patterns, marked by punctuation. Slow rhythm/ pace.

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Enjambment

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One line ends without a pause and continues into the next line. Run-on line. Speeds rhythm/ pace. Represents an uncontrollable aspect.

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Foot

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Metrical unit by which a line of poetry is measured.

-Iambic Foot- one unstressed followed by one stressed

-Trochaic Foot- one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable

-Anapestic Foot- two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable

-Dactylic Foot- one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones

-Spondee- two stressed syllables, not a sustained metrical foot. Mainly used for variety or emphasis

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Antihero

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A protagonist who has the opposite of the most traditional attributes of a hero. May be bewildered, ineffectual, deluded, or merely pathetic

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Comedy

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A work intended to interest, involve, and amuse the reader or audience, in which no terrible disaster occurs that ends happily.

-High Comedy-verbal wit and puns

-Low Comedy- associated more with physical action, less intellectual.

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Convention

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A characteristic of a literary genre is accepted by audiences because it has come, through usage and time. To be recognized as a familiar technique. Flashbacks and foreshadowing are literary conventions. Aside, soliloquoy.

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Parody

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A humorous imitation of another, usually serious, work. Used to deflate the subject matter, making the original work seem absurd

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Stream-of-Consciousness

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Most intense use of a central consciousness in narration. Takes a reader inside a character's mind to reveal perceptions, thoughts, and feelings on a conscious or unconscious level. The flow of thought as well as its content.