9321599138 | Accent | Refers to the stressed portion of a word | 0 | |
9321599139 | Allegory | a story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning | 1 | |
9321599140 | Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds | 2 | |
9321599141 | Allusion | A reference to another work or famous figure | 3 | |
9321599142 | Anachronism | A misplacement in time | 4 | |
9321599143 | Analogy | A comparison, usually involving different things | 5 | |
9321599144 | Antagonist | The force or character opposing the protagonist | 6 | |
9321599145 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to | 7 | |
9321599146 | Anthropomorphism | When a nonhuman is given human characteristics, behavior, or motivation | 8 | |
9321599147 | Anticlimax | A disappointing end to an exciting series of events | 9 | |
9321599148 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech wherein the speaker talks directly to something that is nonhuman | 10 | |
9321599149 | Archaism | The use of deliberately old-fashioned language | 11 | |
9321599150 | Archetype | A recurrent symbol in mythic literature | 12 | |
9321599151 | Assonance | The repeated use of vowel sounds | 13 | |
9321599152 | Atmosphere | The tone or mood in a literary work | 14 | |
9321599153 | Ballad | A narrative poem, usually in regular meter and rhyme, typically having a naive folksy quality | 15 | |
9321599154 | Bathos | When writing strains for grandeur it can't support and tries to jerk tears from every moment | 16 | |
9321599155 | Blank verse | Poetry in unrhymed lines of usually iambic pentameter | 17 | |
9321599156 | Bombast | Pretentious language | 18 | |
9321599157 | Bildungsroman | A novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education | 19 | |
9321599158 | Caesura | A break in the middle of a poetic line | 20 | |
9321599159 | Cacophony | Using deliberately harsh, awkward sounds | 21 | |
9321599160 | Cadence | The beat or rhythm of a poem in a general sense | 22 |
AP Literature Vocab Flashcards
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