KEY VOCAB:
This small vocab list is just a small portion of word that you should know not only for the AP test but also for annotating poems. The best way to learn these is to read read READ!
Anima- the personification of all feminine psychological tendencies within a man
Animus- the personification of all masculine psychological tendencies within a woman
Apostrophe- an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically dead or absent)
Argumentative- expressing divergent of opposite views
Assonance- repetition of the sound of a vowel in non rhyming stressed syllables
Colloquial- familiar language, not formal
Consonance- agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions
Dualism- the division of something conceptually into two opposed or contrasted aspects (like dichotomy)
Dichotomy- a division or contrast of two things that are very different, the splitting of a whole into two things that have nothing in common
Doppelganger- an apparition or double of a person. A double or look-alike of a person
Dramatic Irony- A literary technique by which the full significance is clear to the reader but not to the character
Dramatic Monologue- A poem in form of a speech where the speaker reveals aspects of their character
Eschatology- the part of theology focused on death, judgment and the final destiny of the soul
First-Person Observer- often the narrator, “I…”
First-Person Participant- not the narrator, often another person in story but doesn’t share feelings
Free Verse- poetry that doesn’t rhyme or have regular meter
Highly Alliterative- a repetition of a consonant or vowel sound
Highly Figurative- metaphorical, departing from literal meaning
Hyperbole- exaggerated statements or claims, not literal
Irony- expressing meaning through opposite, typically humorous
Irregular- not balanced or even in arrangement
Limited Omniscient- narrator knows everything (all-known) about one character
Metaphor- Figure of speech, not literal
Metaphysical Conceit- Analogy between one's spiritual quality and the object in the physical world
Metonymy- substitution of the name of an attribute for that of the thing meant
Objective- writer tells what happened without stating characters thoughts or feelings
Omniscient- narrator knows ALL
Oxymoron- figure of speech using contradictory words
Paradox- A statement that despite the sound, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless or self contradictory
Parallelism- verbal construction, correspond in grammatical structure
Pedantic- excessively concerned with minor details and rules
Personification- the attribution of human characters to something nonhuman
Rhymed Couplets- two lines (same length) that rhyme
Sarcasm- use or irony to mock
Sprung Rhythm- poetic meter, each foot has 1 stressed syllable followed by several unstressed
Understatement- presenting something as smaller, worse, or less than reality
Anima- the personification of all feminine psychological tendencies within a man
Animus- the personification of all masculine psychological tendencies within a woman
Apostrophe- an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically dead or absent)
Argumentative- expressing divergent of opposite views
Assonance- repetition of the sound of a vowel in non rhyming stressed syllables
Colloquial- familiar language, not formal
Consonance- agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions
Dualism- the division of something conceptually into two opposed or contrasted aspects (like dichotomy)
Dichotomy- a division or contrast of two things that are very different, the splitting of a whole into two things that have nothing in common
Doppelganger- an apparition or double of a person. A double or look-alike of a person
Dramatic Irony- A literary technique by which the full significance is clear to the reader but not to the character
Dramatic Monologue- A poem in form of a speech where the speaker reveals aspects of their character
Eschatology- the part of theology focused on death, judgment and the final destiny of the soul
First-Person Observer- often the narrator, “I…”
First-Person Participant- not the narrator, often another person in story but doesn’t share feelings
Free Verse- poetry that doesn’t rhyme or have regular meter
Highly Alliterative- a repetition of a consonant or vowel sound
Highly Figurative- metaphorical, departing from literal meaning
Hyperbole- exaggerated statements or claims, not literal
Irony- expressing meaning through opposite, typically humorous
Irregular- not balanced or even in arrangement
Limited Omniscient- narrator knows everything (all-known) about one character
Metaphor- Figure of speech, not literal
Metaphysical Conceit- Analogy between one's spiritual quality and the object in the physical world
Metonymy- substitution of the name of an attribute for that of the thing meant
Objective- writer tells what happened without stating characters thoughts or feelings
Omniscient- narrator knows ALL
Oxymoron- figure of speech using contradictory words
Paradox- A statement that despite the sound, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless or self contradictory
Parallelism- verbal construction, correspond in grammatical structure
Pedantic- excessively concerned with minor details and rules
Personification- the attribution of human characters to something nonhuman
Rhymed Couplets- two lines (same length) that rhyme
Sarcasm- use or irony to mock
Sprung Rhythm- poetic meter, each foot has 1 stressed syllable followed by several unstressed
Understatement- presenting something as smaller, worse, or less than reality