AP Literature Flashcards

4720947177	allgory	a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.	0
4720948177	alliteration	the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.	1
4720948671	allusion	an indirect or passing reference calling something to mind without explicitly mentioning it	2
4720949813	anachronism	a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than which it exists; old fashioned	3
4720951294	anaphora	the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence to avoid repetition	4
4720951996	antecedent	a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another	5
4720953304	antithesis	a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else	6
4720953537	aphorism	a pithy observation that contains a general truth "if it ain't broke don't fix it"	7
4720954489	apostrophe	a punctuation mark to indicate possession or omission of letters/numbers	8
4720954860	archetype	a very typical example of a certain person or thing	9
4720955144	aside	a remark by a character in a play intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by characters in the play	10
4720956356	assonance	the repetition of the sound of a vowel in poetry	11
4720956843	atmosphere	the tone or mood of a place, situation, or work of art.	12
4720957209	ballad stanza	a 4 line stanza in iambic meter in which the first and third unrhymed lines have 4 metrical feet and the 2nd and 4th have 3	13
4720958099	bildungsrman	a novel dealing with one persons formative years or spiritual education	14
4720958472	blank verse	verse without rhyme especially that which uses iambic pentameter	15
4720959018	catharsis	the process of releasing and providing relief from strong repressed emotions	16
4720959484	comic relief	comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offsets more serious sections	17
4720961919	conceit	a fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor	18
4720962504	consonance	the recurrence of similar sounds especially consonants in close proximity	19
4720964062	conventions	a way in which something is usually done	20
4720964378	cosmic irony	the idea that fate, destiny, or god controls and toys with humans hope	21
4720964677	dramatic irony	a literary technique used by which the full significance of words are clear to the audience but unknown to the characters	22
4720965863	dramatic monolouge	a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person speaker reveals aspects of their character while describing a situation	23
4720967963	elegy	a sad poem	24
4720968235	end-stopped lines	occurs when a line of poetry ends with a period each line is it own phrase	25
4720969225	enjambment	the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line	26
4720969580	envoi	a short stanza concluding a ballad. an authors concluding words	27
4720970375	epigram	a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever or amusing way	28
4720970376	epigraph	a short saying at the beginning of a book or chapter intended to suggest the theme	29
4720970571	epilouge	a section or speech at the end of a book serving as a conclusion	30
4720972064	epistolary novel	literary works in the form of letters	31
4720972065	epitaph	a phrase or statement written in memory of someone who has died	32
4720972163	epithet	an adjective expressing a quality characteristic of the thing mentioned	33
4720972164	eulogy	a speech that praises someone highly usually one who has died	34
4720972258	euphemism	an indirect word substituted for once considered to be too harsh or blunt referring to something unpleasant	35
4720972259	extended metaphor	a metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of the literary work	36
4720972347	fable	a short story intended to teach a lesson	37
4720972621	figurative languge	uses words or expressions with meaning that is different from the literal meaning	38
4720972912	free verse	poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter	39
4723725381	grotesque		40
4723725382	epic simile		41
4723725591	hyperbole		42
4723726245	iambic pentameter		43
4723726246	imagery		44
4723726634	in meoias res		45
4723727141	internal rhyme		46
4723727712	intrusive narrator		47
4723727713	invocation		48
4723728155	litotes		49
4723728330	lyric		50
4723728916	metrication/meta drama		51
4723728917	metaphor		52
4723729480	metaphysical conceit		53