8815909494 | Allegory | A narrative in which all elements are symbolic. The narrative is an extended metaphor. Ex: Fables, parables, Wizard of Oz... | 0 | |
8815909495 | Alliteration | The repetition of the first sound in successive words within a line. Ex: Mrs. Moon makes mad meatloaf! | 1 | |
8815909496 | Allusion | A reference in a literary work used to call something to mind without saying it explicitly. Biblical, historical, mythological, literary, cultural. Ex: Some universities are like Sodom and Gomorrah and kids fall victim to those vices. | 2 | |
8815909497 | Anaphora | Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines. Ex: My love is divine, my love is miraculous, yet my love is dangerous. | 3 | |
8815909498 | Anastrophe | Inversion of the normal word order. Ex: Fought well he did. | 4 | |
8815909499 | Antihero | A protagonist who lacks the attributes of a heroic figure (as nobility, courage, morality, or action). Ex: Walter White, Victor Frankenstein, Willy Loman. | 5 | |
8815909500 | Apostrophe | Turning from one audience to the other, most often addressing an abstraction, an inanimate object, or the absent. | 6 | |
8815909501 | Archetype | A typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature. The model or pattern for others. Ex: the mother figure, the hero, a dark castle | 7 | |
8815909502 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds preceded and followed by different consonant sounds. Ex: I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless. | 8 | |
8815909503 | Asyndeton | The omission of normally occurring conjunctions (FANBOYS) while keeping grammar correctness. Ex: I came, I saw, I conquered. | 9 | |
8815909504 | Atmosphere | The general feeling of a work created by setting or objects. Ex: A dark graveyard on Halloween-=spooky. | 10 | |
8815909505 | Bildungsroman | A novel that traces the maturation (morally/physically/spiritually) of a protagonist. A "coming of age" novel. Ex: The Kite Runner, Harry Potter series | 11 | |
8815909506 | Cliche | An expression that is so overused that it's meaning is distorted or considered invalid. Ex: YOLO, don't judge a book by it's cover | 12 | |
8815909507 | Colloquial | Words/expressions that are more suitable for speech and conversation rather than formal writing Ex: What's good? I wasn't born yesterday | 13 | |
8815909508 | Comic Relief | The relief from tension caused by the introduction of a comic element (witty dialogue, humorous actions) . Ex: Porter scene in Macbeth, nurse in Romeo and Juliet | 14 | |
8815909509 | AP Literature | Your favorite class. | 15 | |
8815938814 | We Were the Mulvaneys, remember us? | Judd | 16 | |
8815944264 | How people misuse beautiful things! | Corinne | 17 | |
8815955378 | So this is how it will be revealed to me: by a stranger. | Corinne | 18 | |
8815960130 | Daddy I'm so sorry. | Marianne | 19 | |
8815990695 | If nothing can cause such tears, what might something someday go? | Abelove | 20 | |
8816012924 | One day at a time! You'll see! | Whit | 21 | |
8816019698 | I can hear dad laughing, can't you? Oh, this is funny somehow. | Corinne | 22 | |
8816028487 | I think it's cruel for that poor bird to be caged his entire life... | Marianne | 23 | |
8816037494 | Chance follows design. | Patrick | 24 | |
8816060598 | Shivering with excitement I stood at my window staring down at the deer. | Judd | 25 | |
8816080794 | Why didn't you tell me? As soon as we got in the car? | Patrick | 26 | |
8816092521 | Sable & I fell in love with the property. Love at first sight! | Corinne | 27 | |
8816191526 | Dad! How can you call him dad? He's a selfish man! | Patrick | 28 |
AP Lit WTK Week 1 & WWTM quotes Flashcards
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