AP Literature Terms (A's) Flashcards

5965815039	Abstract	Complex, discusses intangible qualities like good and evil, seldom uses examples to support its points.	0
5965819256	Academic	Dry and rhetorical writing; sucking all the life out of its subject with analysis.	1
5965820638	Accent	In poetry, the stressed portion of a word.	2
5965821548	Aesthetic	Appealing to the senses; a coherent sense of taste.	3
5965822353	Allegory	A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself.	4
5965823021	Alliteration	The repetition of initial consonant sounds.	5
5965824019	Allusion	A reference to another work or famous figure.	6
5965824729	Anachronism	"Misplaced in time." An aspect of a story that doesn't belong in its supposed time setting.	7
5965825416	Analogy	A comparison, usually involving two or more symbolic parts, employed to clarify an action or a relationship.	8
5965826069	Anecdote	A Short Narrative	9
5965826910	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to.	10
5965832875	Anthropomorphism	When inanimate objects are given human characteristics. Often confused with personification.	11
5965835207	Anticlimax	Occurs when an action produces far smaller results than one had been led to expect.	12
5965835908	Antihero	A protagonist who is markedly unheroic: morally weak, cowardly, dishonest, or any number of other unsavory qualities.	13
5965836612	Aphorism	A short and usually witty saying.	14
5965837862	Apostrophe	A figure of speech wherein the speaker talks directly to something that is nonhuman.	15
5965838559	Archaism	The use of deliberately old-fashioned language.	16
5965839031	Aside	A speech (usually just a short comment) made by an actor to the audience, as though momentarily stepping outside of the action on stage.	17
5965839913	Aspect	A trait or characteristic	18
5965840859	Assonance	The repeated use of vowel sounds: "Old king Cole was a merry old soul."	19
5965842538	Atmosphere	The emotional tone or background that surrounds a scene	20