AP Literature Terms Flashcards

1397539615	Antithesis	the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give the feeling of balance.	0
1397539617	Static Character	A character that does not change throughout the story.	1
1397539619	Dramatic Irony	Technique in which the author lets the audience in on a character's situation while the character remains uninformed.	2
1397539621	Hubris	Excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist.	3
1397539622	Colloquialism	a word or phrase used in informal/everyday conversation.	4
1397539623	Alliteration	The repetition of initial consonant sounds.	5
1397539624	Foreshadowing	Hints or clues about the end of the novel.	6
1397539625	Epistolary Novel	the narrative is conveyed by means of letters from one character to another.	7
1397539626	Assonance	The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sequence of nearby words.	8
1397539627	Doggerel	Crude, simplistic verse, often in sing-song rhyme.	9
1397539628	Chiasmus	A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed.	10
1397539629	Malapropism	A general term for the misuse of words, especially words that sound like other words.	11
1397539630	Dialect	A way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain group.	12
1397539631	Dystopia	A work of literature that projects a future world, state, or situation in which the human condition is wholly degraded.	13
1397539632	Metonymy	Substitution of the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself.	14
1397539633	Paradox	A self-contradictory statement that actually contains some truth.	15
1397539634	Apostrophe	Calling out to an object or an abstract idea.	16
1397539635	Elegy	A lament over someone's death.	17
1397539636	Motif	a recurring image, word, or idea throughout a work.	18
1397539637	Free Verse	A broadly descriptive term for poetry that does not follow a regular metrical pattern or rhyme scheme.	19