AP Literature Terms Flashcard #1

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In a poem, the turn or shift in thought or argument.

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volta

Front

Best example of dialect: "What's the matter with you? Be a man!", "Oh my gawd, theenk yew! This is ameezang.", "I will sell you this pancake for twenty dollars.", "There is no gene for the human spirit."

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"Oh my gawd, theenk yew! This is ameezang."

Front

The information that typically follows "once upon a time" could best be considered...

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exposition

Front

The attitude of the speaker toward the subject is...

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tone

Front

"For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

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This is a couplet.

Front

In Zadie Smith's White Teeth, teeth can best be considered...

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a motif

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In a poem, the speaker is...

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a character.

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Term describing "a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme."

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stanza

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"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"

The mood of the quotation above can best be described as:
Options: regretful, optimistic, nostalgic, flippant

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nostalgic

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words is called...

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alliteration