AP Literature Set 2 Flashcards

1575328710	alliteration	Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables	0
1575328711	diction	A speaker or writer's choice of words (formal, informal, colloquial, full of slang, poetic, ornate, plain, abstract, concrete, etc.); it has a powerful effect on tone	1
1575328712	figurative language	A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words.	2
1575328713	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	3
1575328714	imagery	A technique a writer uses to create pictures in the reader's mind and to appeal to the senses of touch, taste, smell, or hearing.	4
1575328715	dramatic irony	..., In this type of irony, facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or a piece of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work	5
1575335577	irony	A contrast or discrepancy between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen.	6
1575335578	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	7
1575335579	cosmic irony	Type of irony where it seems that God or fate is manipulating events so as to inspire false hopes, which are inevitably dashed.	8
1575335580	metaphor	A comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as.	9
1575335581	narrator	A speaker or character who tells a story.	10
1575335582	first person	The narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts and feelings and what he or she sees and is told by other characters. He can't tell us thoughts of other characters.	11
1575335583	third person limited	Narrator is not a character, but sees the world through only one character's eyes and thoughts	12
1575335584	third person omniscient	Point of view in which a narrator, with a godlike knowledge, is privy to the thoughts and actions of any or all characters.	13
1575335585	second person	A point of view that directly addresses the reader by using "you"	14
1575335586	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	15
1575335587	setting	The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.	16
1575335588	simile	A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"	17
1575335589	tone	Attitudes and presuppositions of the author that are revealed by their linguistic choices (diction, syntax, rhetorical devices)	18