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Details Title: Literary Terms Description: English 11 AP Total Flash Cards: 24 Created: 04/01/2008 17:34:13	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Aside Definition speech to audience Term Catharsis Definition an emotional let out that brings renewal or relief from tension Term Denouement Definition resolution of all loose ends Term Exposition Definition first introduction Term Hamartia Definition fatal flaw Term Cadence Definition rhythmic flow of sequence Term Caesura Definition Long pause in poetry (natural) Term Conceit Definition strong metaphor Term Controlling Image Definition main idea or subject of poem Term Elegy Definition funeral song Term Euphony Definition agreeable sound Term Scansion Definition analyzing of syllabic patterns Term English Sonnet Definition 4 4 4 2 Term Italian/Petrarchen Sonnet Definition 8 6 Term Trochee Definition inverted iamb Term volta Definition sudden change in thought/action at the end of a poem Term Epigram Definition witty statement, paradoxal Term Invective Definition venomous language for blame Term Inversion Definition change in syntax Term Allegory Definition object/event has deeper meaning to illustrate a moral lesson Term Antithesis Definition sentence with opposing ideas Term Apostrophe Definition Addressing someone dead, not-there, or non-human Term Litotes Definition positive/opposite idea through negation Term Synecdoche Definition part of something used to describe the whole