11451618285 | Allegory | a symbollic story | 0 | |
11451621035 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 1 | |
11451625998 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 2 | |
11451631518 | Ambiguity | multiple meanings, unclear | 3 | |
11451634975 | Anachronism | something that is out of time, chronologically misplaced | 4 | |
11451647441 | Analogy | an extended comparison that shows how things are the same or how they are different | 5 | |
11451657487 | Antagonist | bad guy, someone who is/ who is causing the problem | 6 | |
11451664005 | Aphorism | short saying with a grain of truth | 7 | |
11451667765 | Antithesis | exact opposite | 8 | |
11451674612 | Apostrophe | directly talking to someone who is not present | 9 | |
11623157037 | Archetype | first model or the best model of something | 10 | |
11623178241 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds | 11 | |
11623204520 | Ballad | a song or poem that tells a story | 12 | |
11623220730 | Bathos | Greek letdown or anticlimax | 13 | |
11623245421 | Blank Verse | verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter | 14 | |
11623289938 | Bombast | pompous or pretentious talk or writing | 15 | |
11623309730 | Burlesque | funny but naughty, might include bad language or sex | 16 | |
11623348632 | Cacophony | very harsh, loud, unpleasant sound | 17 | |
11623376184 | Charicature | a depiction that shows accentant qualities | 18 | |
11657171760 | Carpe Diem | seize the day | 19 | |
12982972254 | Cliche | a phrase that is overused and should be avoided | 20 | |
12982989128 | Climax | Most exciting point in a story | 21 | |
12983009336 | Conceit | In a poem, a metaphor that is so elaborate it becomes a character | 22 | |
12983036885 | Connotation | implied or personal meaning of a word | 23 | |
12983071841 | Consonance | repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a word | 24 | |
12983113206 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 25 | |
12983141486 | Denouement | the end or the resolution of something | 26 | |
12983163454 | deus ex machina | "god in the machine" | 27 | |
12983214358 | Diction | word choice and style | 28 | |
12983231919 | Dramatic Irony | when the audience knows something that the characters on stage do not | 29 |
AP Literature Vocab Flashcards
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