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WCS AP Literature and Composition: Lit Terms 1 Flashcards

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7406577764AllegoryA narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance. Often a universal symbol or a personified abstraction0
7406577765AlliterationThe sequential repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applied to consonants, usually in closely proximate stressed syllables1
7406577766AllusionA literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference in a literary work2
7406577767AnaphoraThe regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses3
7406577768AntithesisThe juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas4
7406577769AphorismA concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief5
7406577770Appeals to... authority, emotion, logicRhetorical arguments in which the speaker claims to be an authority or expert in a field, or attempts to play upon the emotions, or appeals to the use of reason6
7406577771ApostropheAn address or invocation to something inanimate7
7406577772AssonanceThe repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, usually in successive or proximate words8
7406577773AsyndetonA syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose9
7406577774AttitudeThe sense expressed by the tone of voice or the mood of a piece of writing; the author's feelings toward his or her subject, characters, events, or theme. It might even be his or her feelings for the reader10
7406577775Begging the questionAn argumentative ploy where the arguer sidesteps the question or the conflict, evades or ignores the real question11
7406577776CanonThat which has been accepted as authentic12
7406577777ChiasmusA figure of speech and generally a syntactical structure wherein the order of the terms in the first half of a parallel clause is reversed in the second13

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