AP Literature Literature Words Flashcards

4733127052	Allegory	a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another; a symbolic narrative	0
4733130179	Alliteration	the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group	1
4733130888	Allusion	a metaphor or parable; a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication	2
4733133853	Analogy	a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based	3
4733134672	Anaphora	repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences	4
4733135281	Aphorism	a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation	5
4733136989	Apostrophe	Used in poetry when a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present in the poem	6
4733139926	Archetype	the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype	7
4733143607	Assonance	also known as a vowel rhyme for it is a rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in stressed syllables of the rhyming words	8
4733146424	Blank Verse	A poem with no rhyme but with an iambic pentameter	9
4733148663	Caesura	A pause in a line of poetry that is formed by the rhythms of natural speech rather than by metrics	10
4733151724	Conceit	two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors	11
4733152642	Connotation	meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly	12
4733154637	Consonance	repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase	13
4733156013	Couplet	having two successive rhyming lines in a verse and has the same meter to form a complete thought	14
4733160316	Denotation	literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings	15
4733161173	Diction	style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer	16
4733162066	Epic	a long narrative poem written in elevated style, in which heroes of great historical or legendary importance perform valorous deeds	17
4733163801	Epithet	application of a word or phrase to someone that describes that person's attributes or qualities	18
4733164573	Exposition	used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters and more to the audience or readers	19
4733166696	Figurative Language	language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation	20
4733169202	Hyperbole	an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis	21
4733170094	Iambic Pentameter	in a line of poetry, an iamb is a foot or beat consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, or a short syllable followed by a long syllable	22
4733171443	Imagery	language and description that appeals to our five senses	23
4733172554	Inverted Sentence	the predicate (verb) comes before the subject (noun)	24
4733173648	Irony	contrast or incongruity between expectation for a situation and what is reality	25
4733174568	Kenning	two-word phrase that describes an object through metaphors (whale-road means the sea)	26
4733176578	Metonymy	word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word (the pen is mightier than the sword)	27
4733177538	Narrative	works that provide an account of connected event	28
4733178126	Octave	Verse form consisting of eight lines of iambic pentameter	29
4733179400	Oral Literature	broad term which may include ritual texts, curative chants, epic poems, musical genres, folk tales, creation tales, songs, myths, spells, legends, ect.	30
4733180840	Oxymoron	two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect (Cruel kindness)	31
4733182052	Parable	a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson	32
4733183450	Paradox	a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth	33
4733185072	Parallelism	use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter	34
4733186716	Pathos	an appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response	35
4733188089	Quatrain	verse with four lines	36
4733189000	Repetition	repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer	37
4733189686	Rhetoric	technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form	38
4733190491	Satire	technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule	39
4733193409	Scansion	refers to the process of analyzing a poem's meter	40
4733193984	Sestet	specifically describes the last six lines of an Italian sonnet	41
4733197023	Syncope	the contraction or the shortening of a word by omitting sounds, syllables, or letters from the middle of the word	42
4733198221	Synecdoche	a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part	43
4733200085	Active Voice	the subject is doing the actiion	44
4733200393	Passive Voice	the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb	45
4733201572	Simple Sentence	one independent clause which contains one subject	46
4733202950	Compound Sentence	at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction	47
4733204558	Complex Sentence	contains one main clause or independent clause and at least one subordinate clause or dependent clause	48