Vocabulary #3 AP Lit Review

The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase. Contrast with denotation.

• connotation

• denotation

• conceit

consonance

• The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or a line of poetry.

• when a poem doesn't rhyme

• a comparison using like or as

A pair of rhyming lines in a poem. Two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter is sometimes called a heroic ________.

• couplet

• denotation

• sonnet

denotation

• implies meaning

• blank verse

• The dictionary definition of a word. Contrast with connotation.

When Hamlet kills King Claudius, it's a _______.

• conceit

• dénouement

• Carpe diem

In literature, the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem.

• denoument

• conceit

• deus ex machina

diction

• The choice of words in oral and written discourse.

• Oral language

• repetition of vowels sounds

As distinguished from Apollonian, the word refers to sensual, pleasure-seeking impulses.

• Dionysian

• Dramatic Irony

• Elegy

When Hamlet switches the letters on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, it's considered____.

• Dramatic Irony

• An Aside

• Conceit

I was asked to write the ____ for my grandmother's funeral; it was harder than I thought it would be.

• connotation

• elegy

• prologue