14978783460 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 0 | |
14978789425 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 1 | |
14978791715 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 2 | |
14978796515 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 3 | |
14978800584 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 4 | |
14978804759 | Aside | a short comment or speech that a character delivers directly to the audience, or to himself, while other actors on the stage appear not to hear | 5 | |
14978811035 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 6 | |
14978816611 | Antithesis | literally means opposite, is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect | 7 | |
14978823315 | Anthropomorphism | the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object. | 8 | |
14978834522 | Asyndeton | a stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases, and in the sentence, yet maintain grammatical accuracy. | 9 | |
14978842942 | figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors | 10 | ||
14978844988 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 11 | |
14978848232 | cacophony | refers to the use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing, and unmelodious sounds | 12 | |
14978853407 | Caesura | A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. | 13 | |
14978856593 | Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | 14 | |
14978858803 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 15 | |
14978862633 | Chiasmus | a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form | 16 | |
14978865132 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 17 | |
14978868691 | didactic | intended to instruct | 18 | |
14978872347 | Enjambment | means to step over, or put legs across. In poetry it means moving over from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark | 19 |
AP Literature Terms (1-20) Flashcards
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