ap literature Flashcards

2663733455	simile	An explicit comparison (using like or as): "Her lips are like roses."	0
2663733789	metaphor	A word or phrase denoting one kind of object or idea used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them ("the ship ploughs the sea.") A metaphor is generally an implicit comparison (doesn't use like or as): "Her lips are roses."	1
2663734477	synecdoche	substituting a part for a whole or a whole for a part. "Fifty sail" for "fifty ships"; "the smiling year" for spring.	2
2663735214	metonymy	substituting the name of something for its attribute or whatever it is associated with ("crown" for king).	3
2663735924	periphrasis	substituting a descriptive phrase, made up of a concrete adjective and abstract noun, for a precise word: "fringed curtains of thine eye" (= eyelashes).	4
2663736290	personification	attributing animation to something inanimate ("a grieving nation"); treating a thing or abstract quality as though it were a person.	5
2663736828	oxymoron	deliberate combination of seemingly contradictory words ("helpful bureaucrat;""bittersweet").	6
2663737435	onomatopoeia	the concordance of sounds and meaning. "Snap, crackle, pop."	7
2663737751	assonance	recurrent vowel sounds ("sweet, sleeps, creature").	8
2663737752	alliteration	recurrent consonant sounds, frequently but not exclusively at beginning of words (e.g. in Shakespeare's Sonnet 30: sessions, sweet, silent, summon, things, past...)	9
2663739529	pun	deliberate confusion of words based upon similarity of sound (waist/waste).	10
2663739530	malapropism	unconscious pun; confusing "odious" for "onerous."	11
2663739531	wordplay	a serious pun, as when a dying man says "tomorrow you shall find me a grave man."	12
2663739532	paronomasia	wordplay based upon similar rather than identical sounds (e.g. roots/ rots).	13
2663740716	repetition, parallelism, contrast, antithesis	devices which have the rational appeal of logic and the aesthetic appeal of symmetry. For example: "Suit the action to the word and the word to the action" uses contrasted repetition of "action" and "word" within parallel grammatical units (noun plus prepositional phrase).	14
2663741066	anaphora	repetition of word or words beginning a series of parallel syntactical units ("this sceptered isle, ... this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England").	15
2663741395	double epithet	two words of identical or almost identical meaning joined by a conjunction. The chief effect is richness or plenitude of style: "extravagant and erring," "foul and pestilent." One of Shakespeare's favorite devices; usually combines a Latinate and an Anglo-Saxon word.	16
2663741694	transposition	rearrangement of normal word order for effect (Noun-Verb-Direct Object may become N-DO-V, e.g. "I the apple ate" for "I ate the apple"; "gentle my lord" means "my gentle lord").	17
2663742081	apostrophe	direct address of an abstraction or of someone absent ("O time!..."; "Death, be not proud!")	18
2663742279	hyperbole	deliberate overstatement, exaggeration for effect ("I'm so hungry I could eat a horse").	19
2663742483	allusion	reference to or echo of familiar expressions, persons or objects from a cultural tradition (esp. biblical, classical, proverbial); e.g., a "prodigal son" alludes to the biblical parable.	20
2663742939	connotation	double- and triple-level suggestive power of words; gold can connote wealth, but also beauty and excellence or greed; a dove, peace as well as innocence.	21
2663743697	satiric	exposing to ridicule	22
2663744086	whimsical	capricious	23
2663744427	learned	scholarly	24
2663744872	informative	instructive	25
2663745331	somber	extremely serious	26
2663745938	urgent	insistent	27
2663745954	confident	sure	28
2663746454	mock-heroic	satirizing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action	29
2663747149	objective	unbiased	30
2663748030	diffident	timid	31
2663748031	ironic	contradictory	32
2663748351	didactic	intended for instruction	33
2663748780	petty	ungenerous in trivial or trifling matters	34
2663749084	factual	based on facts	35
2663749085	restrained	held back	36
2823788123	elegiac	expressing sorrow	37
2663749481	disdainful	full of scorn or contempt	38
2663750747	lugubrious	mournful, especially in an exaggerated manner	39
2663751620	pedantic	ostentatious in learning	40
2663752226	indignant	expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base	41
2663752602	bantering	characterized by good-natured exchange of light or playful remarks	42
2663753316	flippant	shallow	43
2663753737	condescending	implying a descent from dignity or superiority	44
2663753999	patronizing	displaying an offensively condescending manner	45
2663754512	facetious	not meant to be taken seriously or literally	46
2663755436	clinical	dispassionately analytical	47
2663755711	inflammatory	intending to arose anger, hostility, or passion	48
2663757620	benevolent	charitable	49
2663758086	burlesque	involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of solemn subjects	50
2663758124	fanciful	led by fantasy or imagination rather than reason	51
2663759141	detached	impartial	52
2663760049	cynical	pessimistic	53
2663760467	incisive	penetrating	54
2663760801	allusive	containing references either directly or implied	55
2663761781	scornful	contemptuous	56
2663762875	effusive	extravagantly demonstrative	57
2663762876	colloquial	conversational	58
2663763340	compassionate	sympathetic	59
2663763341	impartial	not biased	60
2663763377	insipid	vapid	61
2663764820	pretentious	ostentatious	62
2663765514	vibrant	lively	63
2663765770	irreverent	lacking reverence	64
2663765771	sentimental	maudlin	65
2663766363	moralistic	concerned with regulating morals	66
2663766595	complimentary	expressing praise	67
2663767111	contemptuous	scornful	68
2663767112	sympathetic	compassionate	69
2663767529	taunting	showing reproach with sarcasm	70
2663767831	concerned	interested	71
2663767851	turgid	pompous	72
2663768772	sardonic	characterized by scornful derision	73
2663810938	contentious	quarrelsome	74
2663810939	insolent	disrespectful	75
2663810940	candid	honest	76