AP Literature Terms Flashcards

2984043741	Allusion	a reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work. -also can be from mythology, art, and culture	0
2984043742	Attitude	the disposition toward or opinion of a subject by a speaker, author, or character	1
2984043743	Tone	manner in which an author expresses his/her attitude	2
2984043744	Diction	word choice, focus on connotative meaning	3
2984043745	Syntax	the structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence	4
2984043746	Irony	the intended meaning may differ. The term implies a discrepancy; verbal irony states the opposite of what one means	5
2984043747	Point of view	vantage point from which story is told (omniscient, limited, 1st person, 3rd person, multiple voices)	6
2984043748	Omniscient point of view	narrator can know, see, report whatever he or she chooses.	7
2984043749	Metaphor	a comparison without the use of a comparative term "as", "like", or "than"	8
2984043750	Similie	comparing two objects, usually with "like", "as", or "than"	9
2984043751	Symbol	something that is both itself and also a sign of something else	10
2984043752	Setting	the physical location of a play, story, or novel	11
2984043753	Satire	writing that uses ridicule to arouse a reader's disapproval of the subject	12
2984043754	Theme	the main thought expressed by a work	13
2984043755	Allegory	story in which people, things, and events have both a literal and symbolic meaning	14
2984043756	Apostrophe	direct address to someone or something not present	15
2984043757	Connotation	implications of a word/phrase, instead of exact meaning	16
2984043758	Denotation	dictionary meaning of a word	17
2984043759	Didactic	explicitly instructive	18
2984043760	Digression	use of material unrelated to subject of work	19
2984043761	Epigram	a concise yet forceful saying; a verse form, sometimes witty	20
2984043762	Euphemism	using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness	21
2984043763	Hyperbole	deliberate exaggeration	22
2984043764	Jargon	special language of profession or group	23
2984043765	Metonymy	a figure of speech that uses the name of on object or concept for that of another to which it is related -"scepter" for "sovereignty", "heart" for "love"	24
2984043766	Lyrical	songlike; emotion, subjectivity, imagination	25
2984043767	Oxymoron	two contradictory terms side by side	26
2984043768	Paradox	a contradictory statement that is true	27
2984043769	Parable	a story designed to suggest a principle or moral	28
2984043770	Parody	imitates style of another for comic effect	29
2984043771	Personification	giving nonhuman things human characteristics	30
2984043772	Rhetorical question	a question asked for effect, not in expectation of reply	31
2984043773	Soliloquy	a speech made by a character alone speaking his/her true thoughts aloud	32
2984043774	Stereotype	conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea	33
2984043775	Syllogism	two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them	34
2984043776	Thesis	theme, meaning, or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support	35
2984043777	Alliteration	repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words within a line of poetry or prose	36
2984043778	Assonance	repetition of the same vowel sounds within a line of poetry or prose	37
2984043779	Blank verse	unrhymed iambic pentameter; meter of most Shakespearean plays	38
2984043780	End-stopped	a pause at the end of a line of poetry (period, comma, colon, semicolon)	39
2984043781	Free verse	poetry not in traditional meter, but still rhythmical	40
2984043782	Heroic couplet	two rhymed, end-stopped iambic pentameter lines of poetry	41
2984043783	Internal rhyme	rhyme within a line rather than at the end of a line	42
2984043784	Italian/Petrarchan Sonnet	abba abba cde cde (an octave and a sestet)	43
2984043785	Onomatopoeia	use of words whose sound suggests their meaning	44
2984043786	Shakespearean/Elizabethan Sonnet	abab cdcd efef gg (3 quatrains and a couplet)	45
2984043787	Sonnet	fourteen-line poem, iambic pentameter	46
2984043788	Stanza	usually a repeated grouping of 3+ lines within a poem that has the same meter and rhyme scheme	47
2984043789	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is used to reference the whole, as in "ten sails" for "ten ships"	48
2984043790	Anaphora	repetition of word or words at beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences	49
2984043791	Antecedent	a word, phrase or clause to which a pronoun refers to	50
2984043792	Clause	group of words with subject and verb; may be dependent (not a sentence) or independent (a sentence)	51
2984043793	Ellipsis	omission of a word or several words necessary for a complete construction, but still understandable	52
2984043794	Imperative	mood of verb that gives an order	53
2984043795	Modify	to restrict in meaning (modifiers=adjectives and adverbs)	54
2984043796	Parallel structure	similar grammatical structure within a sentence or paragraph	55
2984043797	Periodic sentence	a sentence in which the main clause comes at the end of a sentence	56
2984043798	Loose sentence	a sentence in which the main clause is first, followed by dependent clauses and/or modifying phrases	57