AP Literature Vocabulary Terms Flashcards
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| 4796340488 | Allegory | A narrative or description having a second meaning beneath the surface one | 0 | |
| 4796342311 | Allegory (Example) | "Animal Farm"- All animals are equal, but a few are more equal than others. Connection to society as each animal is a person. | 1 | |
| 4796349895 | Alliteration | The repetition at close intervals of the initial consonant sounds of accented syllables or important words (for example, Map-Moon, Kill-Code, PReach, apPRove) | 2 | |
| 4796355353 | Alliteration (Example) | "Romeo and Juliet"- From Forth the Fatal loins of these two Foes; A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life (Repetition of letter 'f') | 3 | |
| 4796366744 | Allusion | A reference, explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature or history. | 4 | |
| 4796369913 | Allusion (Example) | "Nothing Gold Can Stay"- So EDEN sank to grief, so dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. (Eden is a famous garden where Adam & Eve lived) | 5 | |
| 4796379049 | Anapest | A metrical foot consisting of two unaccented syllables followed by one accented syllable (for example, underSTAND) | 6 | |
| 4796382833 | Anapest (Example) | "The Destruction of Sennacherib"- the asSYrian came DOWN like the WOLF on the FOLD, and his COhorts were GLEAMing in PURple and GOLD; and the SHEEN of their SPEARS was like STARS on the SEA, when the BLUE wave rolls NIGHTly on DEEP GaliLEE. | 7 | |
| 4796397659 | Anapestic meter | A meter in which a majority of the feet are anapests | 8 | |
| 4796399411 | Anapestic meter (Example) | "Oh, the Places You'll Go"- you have BRAINS in your HEAD. you have FEET in your SHOES. you can STEER yourself ANy dirECTion you CHOOSE. YOU'RE on your OWN. and you KNOW what you KNOW. and YOU are the GUY who'll deCIDE where to Go. | 9 | |
| 4796403294 | Anecdote | A short account of an interesting or humorous incident | 10 | |
| 4796407399 | Anecdote (Example) | "Death in the Arctic"- What is that? Bells, dogs again! Is it a dream? I sob and cry. See! The door opens, fur-clad men Rush to my rescue; frail am I; Feeble and dying, dazed and glad. There is the pistol where it dropped. "Boys, it was hard- but I'm not mad. Look at the clock-it stopped, it stopped. Carry me out. The heavens smile. See! There's an arch of gold above. Now, let me rest a little while- Looking to God and Love...and Love.." | 11 | |
| 4796453452 | Antagonist | Any force in a story that is in conflict with the protagonist | 12 | |
| 4796454289 | Antagonist (Example)- | Creon from "Antigone" | 13 | |
| 4796456558 | Anticlimax | A sudden descent from the impressive or significant to the ludicrous or inconsequential | 14 | |
| 4796458741 | Anticlimax (Example)- | "The Rape of the Lock"- Here thou, great Anna, whom three realms obey Dost sometimes counsel take, and sometimes tea... (Used @ figure of speech; ludicrous effect made) | 15 | |
| 4797996210 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and could reply | 16 | |
| 4798002112 | Apostrophe (Example) | Frankenstein"- Oh stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become as nought; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me in darkness | 17 | |
| 4798032426 | Approximate rhyme, imperfect rhyme, near rhyme, slant rhyme, or oblique rhyme | A term used for words in a rhyming pattern that have some kind of sound correspondence but are not perfect rhymes (for example, ARRAYED-SAID" | 18 | |
| 4798039115 | Approximate rhyme (Example) | "Arms and the Boy"- Let the boy try along this bayonet- BLADE; how cold steel is, and keen with hunger of BLOOD. (Blade and blood have the same 'bl' and 'd' sound) | 19 | |
| 4798089099 | Artistic Unity | That condition of a successful literary work whereby all its elements work together for the achievement of its central purpose | 20 | |
| 4798090870 | Artistic Unity (Example) | The Help- All its elements are used together so that the author can help educate the audience on racism. | 21 | |
| 4798105765 | Aside | A brief speech in which a character turns from the person being addressed to speak directly to the audience; a dramatic device for letting the audience know what a character is really thinking or feeling as opposed to what the character pretends to think or feel | 22 | |
| 4798117619 | Aside (Example) | "Hamlet"- A little more than kin, and less than kind. | 23 | |
| 4798120457 | Assonance | The repetition at close intervals of the vowel sounds of accented syllables or important words (for example, hAt-rAn-Amber; vEIn-mAde) | 24 | |
| 4798126190 | Assonance (Example) | "Early Moon"- pOetry is old, ancient, gOES back far. it is around the oldest of living things. sO old is is that nO man knOWs and why the first pOems came (repetition of long o's) | 25 | |
| 4798142148 | Blank Verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter | 26 | |
| 4798147788 | Blank Verse (Example) | "Mending Walls"- SOMEthing there IS that DOESn't LOVE a WALL. that SENDS the FROzen-GROUND-swell UNder IT, and SPILLS the UPper BOULders IN the SUN | 27 | |
| 4798199601 | Cacophony | A harsh, discordant, unpleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds | 28 | |
| 4798201078 | Cacophony (Example) | "Rime to the Ancient Mariner"- With throats unslaked, with BLACK lips BAKED, AGAPE they heard me call. | 29 | |
| 4798222487 | Catastrophe | The concluding action of a classical tragedy containing the resolution of the plot | 30 | |
| 4798223418 | Catastrophe (Example) | "Oedipus Rex"- Oedipus appears before his exile after he gouged his eyes out for being with his mother. | 31 | |
| 4798268045 | Catharsis | A purifying or figurative cleansing of the emotions, esp. as an effect of tragic drama | 32 | |
| 4798271524 | Catharsis (Example) | "Romeo and Juliet"- Here's to my love! [drinks] o true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die! [falls] (The audience cries in this scene bc it is relatable) | 33 | |
| 4798281881 | Character | Any of the persons involved in a story or play(sense 1); The distinguishing moral qualities and personal traits of a character(sense 2) | 34 | |
| 4798287854 | Character(Example) | "Sonnet 130~Shakespeare" Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun.. (Tells us this woman, his wife, is unattractive) | 35 | |
| 4798303503 | Developing or Dynamic Character | A character(sense 1) who during the course of a story undergoes a permanent change in some aspect of character(sense 2) or outlook | 36 | |
| 4798309273 | Developing Character (Example) | "Harry Potter"- Solves his inner conflict of being similar to Voldemort | 37 | |
| 4798311690 | Flat Character | A character(sense 1) whose character(sense 2) is summed up in one of two traits | 38 | |
| 4798313967 | Flat Character (Example) | "Romeo and Juliet"- Benvolio does not change, is consistently solid, loyal, and peaceful | 39 |