7815678837 | Allegory | Narrative in which characters and actions have deeper meanings (Ex: cave story, creation myths) | 0 | |
7815678838 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds (Ex: Fast Food Freddy, Diners Drive-in and Dives) | 1 | |
7815682469 | Allusion | Historical or literary reference (Ex: historical figures or events) | 2 | |
7815682470 | Analogue | A work which resembles another in terms of motifs, characters, scenes, phrases or events (Ex: Watership Down and the Iliad) | 3 | |
7815687715 | Anagnorisis | he startling discovery that produces a change from ignorance to knowledge (Ex: you're a wizard Harry) | 4 | |
7815687716 | Anapest | metrical foot in a line of a poem that contains three syllables wherein the first two syllables are short and unstressed followed by a third syllable that is long and stressed (Ex: underSTAND, compreHEND) | 5 | |
7815690273 | Anecdote | A brief story or tale (Ex: short story in speech, Trinity tales in Gant's class) | 6 | |
7815690274 | Antagonist | Character that opposes the main character (Ex: Voldemort, Darth Vader) | 7 | |
7815692822 | Aphorism | A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner (Ex: A penny saved is a penny earned, early to bed early to rise...) | 8 | |
7815692823 | Apostrophe | Writer/speaker detaches themself from reality to address an abstract or imaginary character (Ex: Hamilton monologue, angel of music) | 9 | |
7815692824 | Archetype | Universal pattern (Ex: hero archetype, true love) | 10 | |
7815695936 | Aside | a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other actors on the stage (Ex: Hamilton monologue, addressing audience It's A Musical) | 11 | |
7815695937 | Assonance | Repetition of similar vowel sounds (Ex: Sheep are cheap, the dogs got foggy) | 12 | |
7815698305 | Ballad | a poem that is typically arranged in quatrains with the rhyme scheme ABAB; usually narrative, which means they tell a story. (Ex: Annabel Lee) | 13 | |
7815698306 | Blank Verse | un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter (Ex: The night frost drips silently from the roof) | 14 |
Literary Elements (AP Literature) Flashcards
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