AP English Literature & Composition · Unit 3 · First-person, third-person, unreliable narrator, voice, perspective shifts
Narrator, Point of View & Perspective: every key term you need
18 flashcard terms for AP English Literature & Composition Unit 3, written to match the course framework. Study them here, then drill them as interactive flashcards — free, no account needed.
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Alliteration Repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words for emphasis.
Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds within words close together in a line.
Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds within or at end of words.
Rhyme Correspondence of end sounds in words; end, internal, or slant rhyme.
Rhythm Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables creating musical quality.
Meter Measured pattern of stressed syllables in poetry; establishes beat.
Iamb Metrical foot of two syllables: unstressed followed by stressed.
Trochee Metrical foot of two syllables: stressed followed by unstressed.
Free Verse Poetry without regular rhyme scheme or meter; relies on line breaks and pacing.
Stanza Grouped lines of poetry, functioning like paragraphs in prose.
Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and form a complete thought.
Quatrain Stanza of four lines with various rhyme schemes.
Sonnet 14-line poem with specific rhyme scheme; Petrarchan or Shakespearean.
Haiku Three-line poem with 5-7-5 syllable pattern; focuses on nature moment.
Enjambment Continuation of thought beyond end of line or stanza without pause.
Caesura Pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation.
Personification Giving human qualities to non-human things or abstract concepts.
Hyperbole Extreme exaggeration for emphasis, effect, or emotional intensity.
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