AP Literature Vocab 22 Flashcards

4758488781	Cliché	is a word or phrase, often a figure of speech, that has become lifeless because of overuse. Avoid clichés like the plague. (That cliché́ is intended.)	0
4758488782	External Conflict	conflicts can exist between two people, between a person and nature or a machine or between a person a whole society.	1
4758488783	Internal Conflict	a conflict can be internal, involving opposing forces within a person's mind.	2
4758488784	Epanalepsis	device of repetition in which the same expression (single word or phrase) is repeated both at the beginning and at the end of the line, clause, or sentence. Voltaire: "Common sense is not so common."	3
4758488785	Explication	Act of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text, usually involves close reading and special attention to figurative language.	4
4758488786	Litotes	is a form of understatement in which the positive form is emphasized through the negation of a negative form	5
4758488787	Local Color	a term applied to fiction or poetry which tends to place special emphasis on a particular setting, including its customs, clothing, dialect and landscape.	6
4758488788	Extended Metaphor	is a metaphor that is extended or developed as far as the writer wants to take it.	7
4758488789	Mood	An atmosphere created by a writer's diction and the details selected.	8
4758488790	Suspense	a feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next in a story.	9