AP Literature Terms Flashcards

5079295116	allusion	a reference in a work of literature to something outside the work; particularly something well-known	0
5079295117	antithesis	a figure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting words or ideas for emphasis or stylistic effectiveness	1
5079297560	connotation	what a word suggests beyond its basic definition	2
5079297561	denotation	the basic definition of a word	3
5079300455	diction	the use of words in a literally work	4
5079300456	extended metaphor	implied analogy or comparison carried through a stanza or an entire poem	5
5079302593	figurative language	writing that uses figures of speech instead of literal language	6
5079302594	hyperbole	outrageous exaggeration	7
5079302595	imagery	images of a literary work; the sensory details	8
5079304913	irony	contrast between actual and suggested meaning	9
5079304914	metaphor	comparison without like, or, or than	10
5079307826	onomatopoeia	words whose sound suggest their meaning	11
5079307827	oxymoron	a form of paradox that combines a pair of contrary terms into a single expression	12
5079310114	parallelism	similar grammatical structure within lines	13
5079310115	parody	a humorous imitation of another, usually serious, work	14
5079312667	personification	a metaphor that gives humanlike qualities to inanimate things	15
5079312668	pun	a play on words	16
5079312669	rhyme	close similarity or identity of sound	17
5079314526	sarcasm	a type of irony in which a person appears to be praising something but is actually insulting it	18
5079314527	satire	writing that seeks to arouse a reader's disapproval	19
5079314528	simile	a directly expressed comparison; uses like or as	20
5079316831	speaker	the voice used by the author to speak the poem	21
5079316832	stanza	a grouping of poetic lines, set off by space	22
5079318712	symbol	something that is simultaneously itself and something else	23
5079318713	syntax	ordering of words into patterns or sentence	24
5079318714	tone	manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude	25
5079321812	understatement	the opposite of hyperbole; irony that deliberately represents something as being much less than it really is	26
5079321813	blank verse	unrhymed iambic pentameter	27
5079324089	elegy	a sustained and formal poetic meditation on death or another solemn theme	28
5079324090	free verse	poetry that does not conform to established patterns of meter, rhyme, and stanza but is still rhythmical	29
5079326546	lyric poem	short poem presenting a single speaker who expresses thoughts and feelings	30
5079326547	narrative poem	non-dramatic poem which tells a story or presents a narrative	31
5079330095	ode	lengthy poem expressing lofty emotions in a dignified style	32
5079330096	pastoral	poetry about rural lives and landscapes	33
5079332425	sestina	36-line poem with 7 stanzas and 6 repeating words	34
5079332426	sonnet	14-line iambic pentameter poem	35
5079332427	villanelle	a 19-line poem that is cyclical in nature with six stanzas and two repeating lines	36