4749590051 | naturalism | a nineteenth century literary movement that was an extension of realism and that claimed to portray life exactly as it was. | 0 | |
4749590750 | modernism | bold new experimental styles and forms that swept the arts during the first third of the twentieth century | 1 | |
4749590751 | epigraph | A brief quotation found at the beginning of a literary work, reflective of theme. | 2 | |
4749591017 | antihero | a protagonist who is markedly unheroic | 3 | |
4749591018 | juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 4 | |
4749591777 | periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its main clause at the end | 5 | |
4749591778 | apposition | placing side by side two noun phrases next to each other and one identifies the other "The mountain was the earth, her home." | 6 | |
4749591946 | tricolon | Sentence consisting of three parts of equal importance and length | 7 | |
4749591947 | antithesis | Contrast of ideas in parallel construction | 8 | |
4749592369 | casual relationship | form of argumentation in which the writer claims that one thing results from another, often used as part of a logical argument | 9 |
AP Literature Terms #1 Flashcards
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