8438221409 | Dramatic Irony | Expectations are different from reality | 0 | |
8438229896 | Simile | Comparing something with like or as | 1 | |
8438235192 | Free Verse | Form of poetry with no rules whatsoever | 2 | |
8438238764 | Satire | Ridiculing Flaws | 3 | |
8438245783 | Juxtaposition | Contrasting two things side by side for emphasis and effect | 4 | |
8438249708 | Paradox | Apparent contradiction that actually makes sense | 5 | |
8438254044 | Foreshadowing | Hinting about an event that may happen in the future for dramatic effect | 6 | |
8438257016 | Repetition | Repeating for literary effect | 7 | |
8438260566 | Personification | Attributing human qualities to inanimate objects | 8 | |
8438266625 | Rhetorical devices | Methods and tools of persuasion that a rhetorical discourse should consist of. | 9 | |
8438286171 | Epigram | A witty remark | 10 | |
8438288453 | Symbol | Own meaning and a separate meaning | 11 | |
8438300398 | Figurative Language | Figures of Speech | 12 | |
8438306975 | Imagery | Language that appeals to the senses | 13 | |
8438324419 | Archetype | Human pattern that occurs in Literature | 14 | |
8438331061 | Rhetorical Question | Not meant to be answered | 15 | |
8438334838 | Foil | A character who contrast with another character in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character. | 16 | |
8438413905 | Syntax | Sentence Structure | 17 | |
8438434306 | Litotes | Understatements for intensification by ignoring the contrary | 18 | |
8438522935 | Syllogism | a rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general and from this it draws conclusion about something more specific. | 19 | |
8438544136 | Quintessential | A perfect example | 20 | |
8438552949 | Sonnet | A 14 line poem | 21 | |
8438563290 | Metaphor | Direct comparison with no word inbetween | 22 | |
8438567251 | Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds | 23 | |
8438573228 | Allegory | Extended metaphor | 24 | |
8438608980 | Comparison to opposing viewpoints | Acknowledgment of arguments and apeals | 25 | |
8438648255 | Stylistic Maturity | Growth of a writer's or authors writing and its advancement | 26 | |
8438676957 | Allusion | A Reference to something in history | 27 | |
8438689509 | Euphemism | Polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or harsh. | 28 | |
8438721152 | Iambic Pentameter | An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable | 29 | |
8438836393 | Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds | 30 | |
8438842326 | Ambiguity | An idea or situation that can be interpretated in multiple ways | 31 | |
8438853133 | Apostrophe | When a speaker directly addresses someone or something not present in the poem | 32 | |
8438864601 | Connotation | A meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing in which it describes explicitly | 33 | |
8438869060 | Denotation | Dictionary definition of a word | 34 | |
8438882341 | Diction | A writers choice of words | 35 | |
8439166269 | Irony | When there are two contradicting meanings of the same situation, event, image,phrase, or story | 36 | |
8439196969 | Hyperbole | An extreme exageration | 37 | |
8439306467 | Motif | Any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story | 38 | |
8439318013 | Narrative Pace | The speed at which the story is told | 39 | |
8439325141 | Tone | The speakers attitude shown in the work | 40 | |
8439345826 | Consonance | The repetitive sounds produced by consonants with a sentence or phrase | 41 | |
8439361497 | Understatement | Intentionally making a situation seem less important | 42 | |
8439364015 | Parallel Structure | the repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. | 43 | |
8439400932 | Protagonist | Main character in a literary work | 44 | |
8439405178 | "Defend,challenge, or qualify" | Ways to attack a specific prompt | 45 |
AP Literature Terms Review Flashcards
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