AP Literature Flashcards - Iliana Rodriguez Flashcards
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| 10448376504 | characterization | the various literary means by which characters are presented | 0 | |
| 10448376505 | direct presentation of character | the method of characterization in which the author, by Exposition or analysis, tells us directly what a character is like, or has someone else in the story do so | 1 | |
| 10448376506 | indirect presentation of character | the method of characterization in which the author shows us a character in action, compelling us to infer what the character is like from what is said or done by the character | 2 | |
| 10448376507 | stock character | a stereotyped character, one whose nature is familiar to us from prototypes and previous literature (eg. the strong silent Sheriff, the mad scientist who performs fiendish experiments, or the Glamorous International Spy of mysterious background, etc) | 3 | |
| 10448376508 | pastoral | a convention that celebrated the virtues of Rural Life and largely idealized them | 4 | |
| 10448376509 | comic relief | in a tragedy, a comic scene that follows a scene of seriousness and by contrast intensifies the emotions aroused by the serious scene | 5 | |
| 10448376510 | dramatic convention | any dramatic device which, though it parts from reality, is implicitly accepted by author and audience as a means of representing reality | 6 | |
| 10448376511 | farce | a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations | 7 | |
| 10448376512 | rhythm | a wave-like recurrence of motion or sound | 8 | |
| 10448376513 | accent | a syllable given more prominent in pronunciation that its neighbors is said to be accented or stressed | 9 | |
| 10448376514 | foot | the basic unit used in the measurement of verse of foot. usually contains one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables | 10 | |
| 10448376515 | iamb | a metrical foot consisting of one unaccented syllable followed by one accented syllable | 11 | |
| 10448376516 | trochee | a metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by one unaccented syllable | 12 | |
| 10448376517 | Anapest | a metrical foot consisting of two unaccented syllables followed by one accented syllable | 13 | |
| 10448376518 | dactyl | a metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables | 14 | |
| 10448376519 | spondee | a metrical foot consisting of two syllables equally or almost equally accented | 15 | |
| 10448376520 | meter | the regular patterns of accent that underlie metrical verse, the measurable repetition of accented and unaccented syllables in poetry | 16 | |
| 10448376521 | monometer | a metrical line containing one foot | 17 | |
| 10448376522 | diemeter | a metrical line containing 2 ft | 18 | |
| 10448376523 | trimester | a metrical line containing 3 ft | 19 | |
| 10448376524 | tetrameter | a metrical line containing 4 feet | 20 | |
| 10448376525 | pentameter | a metrical line containing 5 ft | 21 | |
| 10448376526 | hexameter | a metrical line containing 6 feet | 22 | |
| 10448376527 | couplet | two successive lines, usually of the same meter, linked by rhyme | 23 | |
| 10448376528 | envoi | a brief ending, usually not more than four lines long, most often to The Ballad, but also to the sestina which contains a summary rounding off the object and argument of the poem | 24 | |
| 10448376529 | heroic couplet | poems constructed from a sequence of rhyming pairs | 25 | |
| 10448376530 | heterometric stanza | a stanza using lines of different lengths | 26 | |
| 10448376531 | isometric stanza | a stanza using lines of the same | 27 | |
| 10448376532 | blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter ( most of Shakespeare's plays are written in blank verse) | 28 | |
| 10448376533 | free verse | non metrical poetry in which the basic rhythmic unit is the line, and in which pauses, line breaks, and formal pattern develop organically from the requirements of the individual poem rather than from established poetic forms | 29 | |
| 10448376534 | internal rhyme | a rhyme in which one or both of the rhyme words occur within the line | 30 | |
| 10448376535 | masculine rhyme | when the rhyme sound involve only one syllable ( decks and sex, support and retort) | 31 | |
| 10448376536 | feminine rhyme | when the rhyme sounds involve two or more syllables (turtle and fertile, spitefully and delightfully) | 32 | |
| 10448376537 | ballad | a song or poem, especially a traditional one or one in a traditional style, telling a story and a number of short regular stanzas, often with the refrain | 33 | |
| 10448376538 | idyll | a brief descriptive poem, often dealing with Rural Life | 34 | |
| 10448376539 | lyric | a short poem in which a single emotion, usually personal, is expressed | 35 | |
| 10448376540 | ode | a poem, usually dignified, that is usually address to some person or object or compose for some special occasion | 36 | |
| 10448376541 | sestina | a form of 30 lines and 6 stanzas, with a three-line envoi at the end. There are no Rhymes. The form works by repetition of end words, 6 in all, which are repeated throughout the poem in a shifting order and pattern | 37 | |
| 10448376542 | sibilant | describes consonants that are pronounced with a hissing sound, usually associated with the consonant s and z | 38 | |
| 10448376543 | sonnet | a fixed form of 14 lines, normally iambic pentameter, with a rhyme scheme conforming to or approximating one of two main types | 39 | |
| 10448376544 | English Sonnet (Shakespearean) | a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdefefgg. its content or structure ideally parallels the rhyme scheme, falling into three coordinate quatrains and a concluding couplet | 40 | |
| 10448376545 | Italian Sonnet (Petrarchan) | a sonnet consisting of an octave rhyming AABBAABBa and of a sestet using any arrangement of two or three additional Rhymes, such as CDCDCD or cdecde | 41 | |
| 10448376546 | terza Rima | an interlocking rhyme scheme with the pattern aba bcb cdc | 42 | |
| 10448376547 | tercet | a three-line stanza exhibited in terza Rima and villanelle as well as other poetic forms | 43 | |
| 10448376548 | truncation | in metric verse, the omission of an unaccented syllable at either end of a line | 44 | |
| 10448376549 | villanelle | a 19 line fixed form consisting of five tercets rhymed aba and a concluding quatrain abaa, with line 1 and 3 of the first tercet serving as refrains in an alternating pattern through line 15 and then repeated as lines 18 and 19 | 45 | |
| 10448376550 | ague (n) | fever | 46 | |
| 10448376551 | ascetic (n) | a person who renounce material comforts and leads a life of self-discipline | 47 | |
| 10448376552 | bark (n) | small boat | 48 | |
| 10448376553 | benefactor (n) | one that gives aid, especially financial aid | 49 | |
| 10448376554 | besotted (v) | to muddle or stupefy | 50 | |
| 10448376555 | bier (N) | stand for carrying or displaying a corpse | 51 | |
| 10448376556 | brood (v) | 1. to sit on and hatch 2. to worry 3. to think resentful, dark, or miserable thoughts | 52 | |
| 10448376557 | casement (n) | window with sashes opening outward on hinges | 53 | |
| 10448376558 | charnel-houses (n) | places of storage for the bones of the dead which had been exhumed to make room for new bodies | 54 | |
| 10448376559 | copious (adj) | large; abundant | 55 | |
| 10448376560 | coquetry (n) | dalliance; flirtation | 56 | |
| 10448376561 | declamation (n) | a speech marked by strong feeling; a tirade | 57 | |
| 10448376562 | degradation (n) | a decline to a lower condition or quality | 58 | |
| 10448376563 | disaffect (v) | to cause to lose affection or loyalty | 59 | |
| 10448376564 | discomfiture (n) | frustration or disappointment | 60 | |
| 10448376565 | dissipation (n) | wasteful expenditure or consumption | 61 | |
| 10448376566 | dudgeon (n) | a state or fit of intense indignation; resentment; ill humore | 62 | |
| 10448376567 | epistle (n) | a letter, especially a formal one | 63 | |
| 10448376568 | execrate (v) | to feel loathing for; abhor | 64 | |
| 10448376569 | exigency (n) | a pressing or urgent situation | 65 | |
| 10448376570 | fastidious (adj) | difficult to please; exacting | 66 | |
| 10448376571 | fealty (n) | faithfulness; allegiance | 67 | |
| 10448376572 | fortnight (n) | two weeks | 68 | |
| 10448376573 | garrulous (adj) | talkative | 69 | |
| 10448376574 | gout (n) | arthritic condition traditionally attributed to rich diet | 70 | |
| 10448376575 | heath (n) | a wild, treeless tract of land; a moor | 71 | |
| 10448376576 | importunity (n) | urgent persuasion | 72 | |
| 10448376577 | imprecation (n) | the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil | 73 | |
| 10448376578 | indolence (n) | habitual laziness; sloth | 74 | |
| 10448376579 | insipid (adj) | lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull | 75 | |
| 10448376580 | interment (n) | the act or ritual of burying | 76 | |
| 10448376581 | lassitude (n) | a state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness | 77 | |
| 10448376582 | liege (n) | lord or sovereign | 78 | |
| 10448376583 | lolling (v) | lounge a relaxed way; sprawling | 79 | |
| 10448376584 | pallid (adj) | dull or lackluster; pale | 80 | |
| 10448376585 | paroxysm (n) | a sudden outburst of emotion or action | 81 | |
| 10448376586 | penitent (n) | a sinner or wrongdoer who feels regret or sorrow for misdeeds | 82 | |
| 10448376587 | penurious (adj) | unwilling to spend money; stingy | 83 | |
| 10448376588 | perfidious (adj) | of, relating to , or marked by treachery | 84 | |
| 10448376589 | presentient (n) | a sense that something is about to occur; a premonition | 85 | |
| 10448376590 | prodigious (adj) | impressively great in size, force or extent; enormous | 86 | |
| 10448376591 | propitious (adj) | presenting favorable circumstance; auspicious | 87 | |
| 10448376592 | prurience (adj) | inordinately interested in matters of sex; lascivious | 88 | |
| 10448376593 | refectory (n) | a room where meals are served, especially in college or institutions | 89 | |
| 10448376594 | remonstrance (n) | an act of protest, complaint, or reproof, especially a formal statement of grievances | 90 | |
| 10448376595 | revile (v) | abuse verbally | 91 | |
| 10448376596 | saturnine (adj) | melancholy or sullen | 92 | |
| 10448376597 | smitten (adj) | to affect sharply with great feeling | 93 | |
| 10448376598 | solecism (n) | a violation of etiquette | 94 | |
| 10448376599 | supercilious (adj) | feeling or showing haughty disdain | 95 | |
| 10448376600 | surfeit (v) | to feed or supply to excess, or disgust | 96 | |
| 10448376601 | turbid (adj) | heavy, dark, or dense, as smoke or fog | 97 | |
| 10448376602 | uncouth (adj) | crude; unrefined | 98 | |
| 10448376603 | unctuous (adj) | oily; excessively or insincerely | 99 | |
| 10448376604 | unmitigated (adj) | absolute | 100 | |
| 10448376605 | usurious (adj) | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | 101 | |
| 10448376606 | uxorious (adj) | excessively fond or submissive to a wife | 102 | |
| 10448376607 | vanquished (v) | overcome in battle or in a contest | 103 | |
| 10448376608 | vignette (n) | a short, usually descriptive literary sketch | 104 | |
| 10448376609 | waif (n) | abandoned child | 105 | |
| 10448376610 | albatross | something that causes persistent deep concern or anxiety that is an encumbrance. | 106 | |
| 10448376611 | artful dodger | any skillful crook | 107 | |
| 10448376612 | bedlam | a state of wild disorder or noisy uproar | 108 | |
| 10448376613 | big brother | any government ruler that tries to dictate, eavesdrop, or gather personal information on it citizens | 109 | |
| 10448376614 | Brobdingnagian | marked by tremendous size | 110 | |
| 10448376615 | byronic | refers to any person who is like George Gordon, Lord Byron, who was an English Romantic poet who was considered a bit of a rake in this day. It also refers to anyone whose writing includes handsome, sad, brooking, and appealing characters like Byron's | 111 | |
| 10448376616 | Catch-22 | An absurd, no-win situation. | 112 | |
| 10448376617 | Dantesque | Dante wrote with epic scope, vivid detail, and allegorically. Now any writing resembling this is considered Dantesque | 113 | |
| 10448376618 | Dickensian | Charles Dicken wrote novels showing the poverty, injustices, and misery of England. Now situations or writings about similar topics are sometimes called Dickensian | 114 | |
| 10448376619 | Doublespeak | Refers to the deliberate use of evasive or ambiguous language | 115 | |
| 10448376620 | Faustian/Faustian Bargain | Refers to sacrificing one's self or one's values in exchange for getting what one desires, often material wealth | 116 | |
| 10448376621 | Gilded Age | This phrase denotes the Civil War era | 117 | |
| 10448376622 | Holy Grail | An object that is extremely desirable or valuable and which is attainable only after a long and difficult quest | 118 | |
| 10448376623 | In Medias Res | Refers to anything that begins abruptly, in the middle of the action, or it can be used in its literal sense: into the middle of things | 119 | |
| 10448376624 | Lilliputian | Refers to anything very tiny that can control something larger than themselves | 120 | |
| 10448376625 | Leviathan | Refers to anything that is huge and monstrous; esp. a totalitarian state with vast bureaucracy | 121 | |
| 10448376626 | Machiavellian | Refers to anyone who is merciless, clever, and unethical to obtain his goals, particularly politically | 122 | |
| 10448376627 | Man for All Seasons | Any respected person who sticks to his beliefs courageously | 123 | |
| 10448376628 | Man Friday | An efficient and devoted aide or employee; a right-hand man | 124 | |
| 10448376629 | Muckrake | To search out and expose real or apparent misconduct of prominent individuals or businesses | 125 | |
| 10448376630 | Noble Savage | Refers to an uncivilized person who is really more worthy and sensible than some of his - civilized counterparts | 126 | |
| 10448376631 | Platonic Love | Any strong affinity for another person, usually of the opposite gender | 127 | |
| 10448376632 | Pollyana | Someone who is unusually optimistic and always looking at the bright side. The term often has connotations of being excessively cheerful and naive | 128 | |
| 10448376633 | Scheherazade | A person who is an excellent storyteller, especially one who is able to keep an audience in suspense | 129 | |
| 10448376634 | Shangri-La | A remote, beautiful, imaginary place where life approaches perfection; Utopia | 130 | |
| 10448376635 | Silent Spring | An ecological disaster; the death of nature from the unrestricted use of toxic chemicals | 131 | |
| 10448376636 | Sound and Fury | Refers to the great, tumultuous, and passionate uproar that actually is unimportant or meaningless | 132 | |
| 10448376637 | Though Police | Intolerant enforcers of a narrow orthodoxy of ideas and actions. Also the more diffuse but powerful social pressure or fear of reprisal that inhibit the free expression of noncorming ideas | 133 | |
| 10448376638 | Ugly American | An American who acts ugly in foreign countries and thus represents American poorly | 134 | |
| 10448376639 | Xanadu | Refers to any magnificent, beautiful, almost magical place | 135 |
AP Literature Literary Foundational Terms Flashcards
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| 10844864489 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same consonant or vowel at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words or stressed syllables. | 0 | |
| 10844864490 | Antagonist | a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary. | 1 | |
| 10844868654 | Aside | a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience. | 2 | |
| 10844869108 | Assonance | rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words (as in "penitent" and "reticence") | 3 | |
| 10844872914 | Ballad | any light, simple song or narrative composition, especially one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody. | 4 | |
| 10844872915 | Climax | a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot | 5 | |
| 10844875774 | Conflict | the opposition of persons or forces that gives rise to the dramatic action in a drama or fiction; antagonistic state or action | 6 | |
| 10844875775 | Consonance | the correspondence of consonants, especially those at the end of stressed syllables, in a passage of prose or verse; the use of the repetition of consonants or consonant patterns as a rhyming device. | 7 | |
| 10844880065 | Couplet | a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length. | 8 | |
| 10844883522 | Dramatic Irony | irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play. | 9 | |
| 10858879303 | Dynamic Character | a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude | 10 | |
| 10844883959 | End Rhyme | rhyme of the terminal syllables of lines of poetry | 11 | |
| 10844887226 | Enjambment | a thought or sense, phrase or clause, in a line of poetry that does not come to an end at the line break, but moves over to the next line; running on from one couplet or line to the next without a major pause or syntactical break. | 12 | |
| 10844887227 | Epic | a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero | 13 | |
| 10844887830 | Essay | A short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative and usually has a personal point of view. | 14 | |
| 10844890853 | Exposition | (in a play, novel, etc) dialogue, description, etc that gives the audience or reader the background of the characters and the present situation; a setting forth of the meaning or purpose. | 15 | |
| 10844890854 | Falling Action | the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved | 16 | |
| 10844895342 | First Person POV | a literary style in which the narrator is a character within the story and is describing the events as they occur to him/her. | 17 | |
| 10844895343 | Flat Character | two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work. | 18 | |
| 10844903830 | Foot | the basic unit of verse meter consisting of any various fixed combinations or groups of stressed and unstressed or long and short syllables. | 19 | |
| 10844906623 | Foreshadowing | an indication of what is to come; prefigure | 20 | |
| 10844906624 | Free Verse | verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern | 21 | |
| 10844909239 | Genre | any stylistic category in literature that follows specific conventions | 22 | |
| 10844909240 | Hyperbole | an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally. | 23 | |
| 10844911509 | Imagery | the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively. | 24 | |
| 10844911510 | Internal Rhyme | rhyme between a word within a line and another either at the end of the same line or within another line | 25 | |
| 10844914716 | Lyric | (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry. | 26 | |
| 10844914717 | Memoir | a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation. | 27 | |
| 10844917883 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance. | 28 | |
| 10844921162 | Meter | arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterened, or rhythmic lines or verses. | 29 | |
| 10844921163 | Monologue | a prolonged talk by a single speaker, especially one dominating or monopolizing a conversation. | 30 | |
| 10844924274 | Myth | a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature. | 31 | |
| 10844924275 | Objective POV | employs a narrator who tells a story without describing any character's thoughts, opinions, or feelings; instead, it gives an unbiased point of view. | 32 | |
| 10844926725 | Onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it | 33 | |
| 10844926726 | Personification | an act of giving human characteristics to animals, objects, or concepts to create imagery. | 34 | |
| 10844927213 | Point of View (POV) | the position of the narrator in relation to the story, as indication toward the characteristics | 35 | |
| 10844931646 | Protagonist | the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work. | 36 | |
| 10844931647 | Quatrain | a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes | 37 | |
| 10844935234 | Refrain | a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza; chorus. | 38 | |
| 10844935235 | Resolution | the point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out. | 39 | |
| 10844939136 | Perfect Rhyme | rhyme of two words spelled or pronounced identically but differing in meaning, as "rain" and "reign". | 40 | |
| 10844942618 | Rhyme Scheme | the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or a poem | 41 | |
| 10844942619 | Rising Action | a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest. | 42 | |
| 10844945018 | Round Character | encounters conflict and is changed by the conflict that falls upon them; extrememly realistic, more fully developed, and increases in complexity throughout the story. | 43 | |
| 10844949327 | Simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid | 44 | |
| 10844952441 | Situational Irony | irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected. | 45 | |
| 10844955348 | Soliloquy (think of Yoshikawa Nao!) | an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present | 46 | |
| 10844955349 | Elizabethan Sonnet | a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg | 47 | |
| 10844958095 | Stanza | an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem. | 48 | |
| 10844958096 | Static Character | a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop. | 49 | |
| 10844958097 | Symbol | something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign. | 50 | |
| 10844960431 | Theme | a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic. | 51 | |
| 10844963941 | Third Person Limited POV | where the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character, while other characters are presented only externally. | 52 | |
| 10844966403 | Third Person Omniscient POV | where the narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters | 53 | |
| 10844978256 | Verbal Irony | irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning. | 54 |
AP English Literature Vocab 1 Flashcards
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| 10895355771 | importunate | adj. urgent and persistent in solicitation to the point of annoyance | 0 | |
| 10895361936 | ribald | adj. lewd; off-color; somewhat dirty and inappropriate | 1 | |
| 10895371358 | uniformitarianism | n. change on Earth takes place slowly, gradually, at a uniform rate | 2 | |
| 10895371359 | unbridled | adj. without limitations or boundaries; uncontrolled and unrestrained | 3 | |
| 10895379902 | implicit | adj. something that is understood or implied but not stated directly | 4 | |
| 10895396579 | indefatigable | adj. capable of continuing along one's current course of action without wavering, tiring, or faltering | 5 | |
| 10895405546 | non sequitur | n. a conclusion or statement that does not seem to follow from that which preceded it | 6 | |
| 10895409595 | soliloquy | n. a dramatic or literary form of speaking in which a character reveals his innermost thoughts when he is alone or thinks he is alone | 7 | |
| 10895409596 | ineffable | adj. too fantastic, incredible, difficult to be described in words | 8 | |
| 10895416382 | pragmatism | n. philosophy which focuses only on the outcomes and effects of processes and situations. | 9 | |
| 10895416383 | nullify | v. to make something valueless or ineffective | 10 | |
| 10895422047 | stygian | adj. eerily quiet; so dark as to be almost pitch black | 11 |
AP Literature: Lesson 3 Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 11116939224 | amalgam | (n.) an alloy of mercury and other metals; a mixture of different elements (composite, compound, fusion, soup, mishmash) |  | 0 |
| 11116939225 | antediluvian | (adj.) very old or old-fashioned (ancient, antique, old, primitive, archaic, primordial) |  | 1 |
| 11116939226 | apothecary | (n.) one who prepares and sells ointments, drugs, and similarities for medicinal purposes (pharmacologist, dispenser, druggist, gallipot) |  | 2 |
| 11116939227 | ascetic | (adj.) refraining from self-indulgence (abstinent, disciplined, puritanical, strict) |  | 3 |
| 11116939228 | beneficent | (adj.) doing or producing good (altruistic, benevolent, charitable, compassionate, generous, helpful, kind, humanitarian, philanthropic) |  | 4 |
| 11116939229 | charlatan | (n.) one who falsely claims knowledge or ability (con artist, fake, cheat, fraud, imposter, phony, sham, pretender) |  | 5 |
| 11116939230 | denizen | (n.) an inhabitant, resident, or frequenter of a place (dweller, occupant, citizen, settler) |  | 6 |
| 11116939231 | doyen | (n.) a senior member of a group, especially one who is highly respected (chief, director, commander, head, manager, officer, ruler, boss, captain) |  | 7 |
| 11116939232 | flora | (n.) plants considered as a group in a particular area or era (vegetation, plants, verdure, greenery) |  | 8 |
| 11116939233 | imbibe | (v.) to consume by drinking (assimilate, ingest, absorb, gorge, swallow, devour) |  | 9 |
| 11116939234 | nostrum | (n.) a medicine or remedy whose effectiveness has not been proven (elixir, cure, drug, fix, potion, remedy, panacea) |  | 10 |
| 11116939235 | obviate | (v.) to prevent or make unnecessary; to get rid of (counteract, avert, block, hinder, remove, deter, interfere, restrain) |  | 11 |
| 11116939236 | perennial | (adj.) lasting indefinitely or recurring (chronic, persistent, continuing, eternal, everlasting, immortal, enduring, perpetual) |  | 12 |
| 11116939237 | putative | (adj.) commonly accepted or supposed; assumed to exist (presumed, hypothetical, reputed, alleged) |  | 13 |
| 11116939238 | savant | (n.) a person with detailed knowledge in a specialized field (expert, intellect, sage, scholar, connoisseur, adept, highbrow) |  | 14 |
AP Literature Vocab. List 1 Flashcards
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| 10711362568 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. | 0 | |
| 10711377254 | Simile | A figure of speech involving the non-direct comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. | 1 | |
| 10711422065 | Metaphor | A figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a direct comparison. | 2 | |
| 10711461100 | Diction | The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. | 3 | |
| 10711473345 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 4 | |
| 10711486201 | Connotation | An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 5 | |
| 10711502662 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word despite the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. | 6 | |
| 10711522462 | Flippant | Not showing a serious or respectful attitude. | 7 | |
| 10711536015 | Onomatopoeia | The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named | 8 | |
| 10711545886 | Imagery | Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. | 9 |
Pre AP Literature Final Flashcards
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| 10122030022 | when the reader knows something the characters do not | dramatic irony | 0 | |
| 10122031320 | the opposite of what we expect happens | situational irony | 1 | |
| 10122034085 | a story where its characters and objects have symbolic meaning | allegory | 2 | |
| 10122202578 | The Crusible's witch hunts symbolizes the "witch hunts" of the Communists in 1950 | allegory example | 3 | |
| 10122037258 | the meanings or emotions that a word suggests | connotation | 4 | |
| 10122038552 | an author's choice of words in a speech or writing | diction | 5 | |
| 10122038553 | knows only what the narrator know about the characters and events | first-person narrator | 6 | |
| 10122043722 | emotion | pathos (definition) | 7 | |
| 10128795466 | description, words of feelings/emotions | Things that build pathos | 8 | |
| 10128797651 | misery, dreadful, wrath/anger | Pathos example (fearful emotions) | 9 | |
| 10122045509 | credibility | ethos (definition) | 10 | |
| 10128801399 | writer stating facts that lead the reader to believe the writer has personal experience with the subject | These things build ethos | 11 | |
| 10128805283 | A police officer stating the legal actions they're able to do based on being a police officer. | Ethos (example) | 12 | |
| 10122048727 | contrasting ideas in a parallel sentence structure | antithesis | 13 | |
| 10122050034 | logic | logos (definition) | 14 | |
| 10128811476 | numbers, facts, research, reasons | These things build logos | 15 | |
| 10129260532 | The researchers surveyed 500 people. | logos (example) | 16 | |
| 10122051534 | The Glass Castle | Which book in this class was a memoir? | 17 | |
| 10122053434 | The Crucible A Raisin in the Sun | Which books in this class were dramas? | 18 | |
| 10122063332 | 19th century | When was the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas written? | 19 | |
| 10122066763 | The Glass Castle "My Kinsman, Major Molineux" | What pieces were not written in the 20th century? | 20 | |
| 10122071695 | tone | Sometimes in a writing, there can be changes or shifts in ________ | 21 | |
| 10122075091 | a character that contrasts with another character to highlight qualities of another character | foil | 22 | |
| 10129107664 | contrasting ideas are placed together on purpose | antithesis definition | 23 | |
| 10122077779 | The LONGEST days were too SHORT for him, the SHORTEST nights were too LONG for him | antithesis example | 24 | |
| 10129122414 | repetition of consonant (not vowel) sounds | consonance | 25 | |
| 10122084365 | "...sky-blue, were as INNOCENT and UNTOUCHED by experience as they must have been when she was ten." (the N sounds) | consonance example | 26 | |
| 10122086512 | 1920s | When was the Jazz Age? | 27 | |
| 10122088983 | 1840-1860 | When was American Romanticism? | 28 | |
| 10122093024 | Kate Chopin Walt Whitman | Which Romantic writers were NOT Dark Romantic writers? | 29 | |
| 10129129035 | When a writer uses words or phrases in similar grammatical form | parallelism (definition) | 30 | |
| 10122098699 | Mr. Covey was always under EVERY tree, behind EVERY stump, in EVERY bush, and at EVERY window, on the plantation. | parallelism (example- repeated structure) | 31 | |
| 10122106392 | a "loose" sentence which has an independent clause, then add details AFTER in subordinate clauses | cumulative sentence | 32 | |
| 10129200357 | I laid in my room, surrounded by blankets and pillows, with my music playing softly. | cumulative sentence (example) | 33 | |
| 10122115461 | the voice behind a text | speaker | 34 | |
| 10122110497 | a sentence which BEGINS with subordinate clauses and uses an independent clause until the end | periodic sentence | 35 | |
| 10122133213 | Surrounded by blankets and pillows, with my music playing softly, I laid in my room. | periodic sentence (example) | 36 | |
| 10122143058 | an object, person, or place that represents something else | symbol | 37 | |
| 10129154349 | the clock in Masque of the Red Death the green light in The Great Gatsby | symbol example | 38 | |
| 10129157865 | a kinder word or phrase to replace a harsh word | euphemism | 39 | |
| 10122144983 | "Plus-sized" instead "fat" "Passed away" instead of "died" | euphemism examples | 40 | |
| 10129167491 | comparing two things | anaology | 41 | |
| 10122147128 | Red is to apples as yellow is to bananas | analogy example | 42 | |
| 10122150264 | a reference to a well-known person, place, thing, etc | allusion | 43 | |
| 10129179520 | Be happy at Christmas! Don't be a GRINCH! His backyard was a GARDEN OF EDEN. | allusion examples | 44 | |
| 10122152835 | repetition of a word/phrase at the beginning of sentences | anaphora | 45 | |
| 10129187546 | IT WAS HE who listened to you. IT WAS HE who talked to you. IT WAS HE who helped you. | anaphora example | 46 | |
| 10122152836 | When a speaker or writer says one thing, but actually means another, such as sarcasm | verbal irony | 47 | |
| 10122180611 | statement that appears contradictory but is actually true | paradox | 48 | |
| 10129303682 | Knowledge is both a blessing and a curse. | paradox example | 49 | |
| 10122182443 | character which changes in a story | dynamic character | 50 | |
| 10122186480 | By underlining the title | How should you indicate the title of a book? | 51 | |
| 10122188799 | NOT a example of a cliche | one can gain wisdom through real-life experiences | 52 | |
| 10122192486 | the dictionary definition of a word | denotation | 53 | |
| 10122196588 | the vantage point from which a story is told | point of view | 54 | |
| 10122199055 | when what happens is the opposite of what you expected | irony | 55 | |
| 10122200926 | when a writer uses humor to critique society | satire | 56 | |
| 10122231796 | Now the only way to avoid this shipwreck, and to provide for our posterity, is to follow the counsel of Micah, to do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with our God. For this end, we must be knit together in this work as one man. We must entertain each other in brotherly affection, we must be willing to abridge ourselves of our superfluities. We must uphold a familiar commerce together. We must delight in each other... | Example which uses: Allusion Asyndeton Anaphora | 57 | |
| 10122237208 | restate a writer's words in your own words | paraphrase | 58 | |
| 10122243016 | Aristotle | Where does the term "rhetoric" come from? | 59 | |
| 10122249536 | Use loaded words with emotional connotation | What is one way to use pathos in your speech? | 60 | |
| 10122250977 | the art of using language effectively for persuasion | rhetoric (definition) | 61 | |
| 10122272326 | a category to which a work of literature belongs | genre | 62 | |
| 10122273563 | a figure of speech that uses words with opposite meanings | oxymoron | 63 | |
| 10129274260 | jumbo shrimp | oxymoron example | 64 | |
| 10122275560 | clues that hint about what is going to happen later in a story | foreshadowing | 65 | |
| 10122275562 | the author's attitude toward the subject they are writing about | tone | 66 | |
| 10129278219 | repeated use of "and," "or," etc in a sentence | polysyndeton | 67 | |
| 10122277765 | There were dogs AND cats AND birds AND hamsters AND turtles all running around. | polysyndeton example | 68 | |
| 10122286825 | the intended audience | When choosing a method of argument, it's important to acknowledge ______. | 69 | |
| 10129292773 | leaving out "and," "or," etc on purpose | asyndeton | 70 | |
| 10122298296 | There is plenty to eat-- apples, sandwiches, salad. | asyndeton example | 71 | |
| 10129309534 | sentence with one independent clause | simple sentence | 72 | |
| 10129310272 | I like to order tea. | simple sentence example | 73 | |
| 10129306143 | A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | complex sentence | 74 | |
| 10129307604 | When I go to town, I like to order tea. | complex sentence example | 75 | |
| 10129312469 | sentence with two independent clauses | compound sentence | 76 | |
| 10129318252 | I like to order tea, and he likes to order coffee. | compound sentence example | 77 | |
| 10129325301 | a sentence with two independent clauses and one dependent clauses | compound-complex sentence | 78 | |
| 10129326317 | When we go into town, I like to order tea, and he likes to order coffee. | compound-complex sentence example | 79 | |
| 10129340397 | a piece of a sentence that cannot stand alone | dependent clause | 80 | |
| 10129341008 | When I go into town, | dependent clause example | 81 | |
| 10129344928 | to join together two related, but independent sentences | When do you use a semicolon ( ; )? | 82 | |
| 10129346205 | I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go out tonight. | semicolon example | 83 | |
| 10129351075 | to introduce an item or items after an independent sentence | When do you use a colon ( : )? | 84 | |
| 10129355937 | She asked me to buy several things: Eggs, milk, bread, and cheese. | colon example | 85 | |
| 10129361844 | I, me, my, we | first person pronouns | 86 | |
| 10129363328 | You, your | second person pronouns | 87 | |
| 10129368169 | he, him, she, her, they, them, it | third person pronouns | 88 | |
| 10129376137 | before "Hello," she called out. | When writing a quote, the ending comma comes _____ the closing quote | 89 | |
| 10129378771 | bringing together different pieces of writing to support your argument | synthesis essay | 90 |
Flashcards
AP Literature: Vocabulary 61-80 Flashcards
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| 11291681570 | avarice | greed, cupidity | 0 | |
| 11291684433 | calumny | slander, lies to damage another's reputation | 1 | |
| 11291695640 | consonant | in agreement, in harmony | 2 | |
| 11291700644 | dearth | scarcity, shortage, lack | 3 | |
| 11291711435 | debacle | sudden collapse, a flood, a failure | 4 | |
| 11291721773 | elan | dash, distinctive and stylish elegance | 5 | |
| 11291725231 | elegy | a lament for the dead | 6 | |
| 11291730957 | galvanize | startle into sudden activity, to coat with zinc | 7 | |
| 11291738676 | histronics | acting, theatricals | 8 | |
| 11291741706 | illicit | unlicensed, unlawful | 9 | |
| 11291745691 | inane | pointless, silly, foolish | 10 | |
| 11291755608 | intrinsic | innate, true, natural, inherent | 11 | |
| 11291803457 | levity | lightness of character, excessive frivolity | 12 | |
| 11291810339 | lucid | clear, bright, shining | 13 | |
| 11291817240 | mercurial | active, lively, erratic | 14 | |
| 11291825435 | paradox | seeming self-contradiction that's true, a statement opposing accepted opinion | 15 | |
| 11291833272 | pathos | pity, evoking compassion | 16 | |
| 11291835891 | pensive | reflective, meditative, dreamily thoughtful | 17 | |
| 11291843267 | penurious | poor, impoverished | 18 | |
| 11291848222 | plethora | excess, abundance, state of being overfull | 19 |
Chapter 3 AP Literature Flashcards
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| 8809928060 | Denotation | The dictionary meaning of a word. | 0 | |
| 8809937528 | Connotation | What it suggests beyond what it expresses. | 1 | |
| 8809954948 | There is no frigate like a book. | First poem used to express connotation. Compares literature to various meanings of transportation. Uses transportation with romantic connotations. | 2 | |
| 8809998498 | Scientific Language | The purest form of practical language. Precise language. | 3 | |
| 8810042820 | Multidimensional Vocabulary | The dimensions of connotation and sound are added to the dimensions of denotation. | 4 | |
| 8810065388 | 2 ways to develop sense of language | Extensive use of dictionary and extensive reading. | 5 |
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