AP Literature: AP Vocab Flashcards

4952766822	a reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known event or person	allusion	0
4952773767	a speakers, author's or character's disposition toward or opinion ob a subject	attitude	1
4952778063	parts that makes up a larger part of the story	details	2
4952782367	the techniques of deploying the sound of words, especially in poetry	devices of sound	3
4952950001	writing that uses figures of speech	figurative language	4
4952956216	the sensory details of a work, the figurative language of a work	imagery	5
4952969293	intent and actual meaning differ	irony	6
4952976809	the methods involved in telling a story, includes point of view, manipulation of time, dialogue or interior monologue	narrative techniques	7
4952985637	the vantage point in a story where the narrator knows all	omniscient point of view	8
4954482339	a general phrase for the linguistic devices or techniques that a writer can use	resources of language	9
4954487454	the devices used in effective or persuasive language	rhetorical techniques	10
4954496937	writing that seeks to arouse a readers disapproval by ridicule	satire	11
4954904142	the management of language for a specific effect	strategy	12
4954907791	the arrangement of materials within a work	the structure	13
4954930785	the mode of expression in language; the characteristic manner of expression of an author	style	14
4954936070	something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else	symbol	15
4954936071	the structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence	syntax	16
4954946355	the manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude	tone	17
4954952740	a story in which people, things and events have another meaning	allegory	18
4954957647	multiple meanings a literary work may communicate, especially if the two things are incompatible	ambiguity	19
4954978617	Direct address, usually to someone or something that is not present. Keats "Bright star! Would I were steadfast" is an apostrophe to a star, and "To Autumn" is an ___________ to a personified person	apostrophe	20
4955061670	the implications of a word or phrase, as opposed to its exact meaning	connotation	21
4955066698	a device of style or subject matter so often used that it becomes a recognized means of expression,	convention	22
4955067078	the dictionary defintion of a word	denotation	23
4955075898	explicitly instructive.	didantic	24
4955079338	the use of material unrelated to the subject of a work	digression	25
4955084943	a pithy saying, often using contrast.	epigram	26
4955094184	a figure of speech using indirection to avoid offense bluntness, such as "deceased" for :"dead"	euphemism	27
4955101605	characterized by distortions or incongruities	grotesque	28
4955104432	deliberate exaageration, over statement.	hyerbole	29
4955113782	a story designed to suggest a principle, illistrate a moral, or answer a question	parable	30
4977236972	a statement that seems to be self-contradicting but, in fact, is true	paradox	31
4977241294	a composition that imitates another for comic effect	parody	32
4977262711	a figurative use of language that endows the nonhuman	personification	33
4977268762	a quality of some fictional narrators whose word the reader can trust	reliability	34
4977273404	a question asked for effect, not in expectation of a reply	rhetorical question	35
4977278135	a speech in which a character who is alone speaks his thoughts aloud	soliloquy	36
4977281554	conventional pattern, expression, character, idea	stereotype	37
4977286316	a form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them	syllogism	38
4977291663	the theme, meaning, or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support	thesis	39
4977298374	the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds	assonance	40
4977328272	a four line stanza rhymed with abcb with four feet in lines one and three and three feet in lines two and four	ballad meter	41
4977330994	unrhymed iambic pentameter	blank verse	42
4977335469	a metrical foot of three syllables, an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syallables	dactyl	43
4977340368	a line with a pause at the end. Lines that end with a period, comma, colon, any punctuation	end-stopped	44
4977349217	poetry which is not written in a traditional meter but is still rhythmical. The poetry of Walt Whitman is perhaps the best known	free verse	45
4977356447	two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa,bb,cc with the thought in the two line unit	heroic couplet	46
4977359295	a line containing six feet	hexameter	47
4977369441	a two-syllable foot with an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable. The iamb is the most common foot in English poetry	iamb	48
4977373437	rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end	internal rhyme	49
4977385291	a line containing 5 feet.	pentameter	50
4977394033	a seven line stanza of iambi pentameter rhymed ababbcc	rhyme royal	51
4977398812	normally a 14 line poem in iambic pentameter	sonnet	52
4977404250	normally a 14 line poem in iambic pentameter rhyme abba abba cde cde	italian sonnet	53
4977406631	normally a 14 line poem in iambic pentameter rhyme abab cdcd efef gg	english sonnet	54
4977414198	repeated grouping of 3 or more lines with the same meter and rhyme scheme	stanza	55
4977417434	a three line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc	terza rima	56
4977417435	a line of four feet	tetrameter	57
4977425849	that which goes before, especially the word, phrase or clause to which a pronoun refers	antecedent	58
4977436993	in the sentence "the witches cast their spells" the antecedent to their is	witches	59
4977442753	a group of words containing a subject and its verb that may or may not be a complete sentence.	clause	60
4977451605	the omission of a word or several words necessary for a complete construction that is still understandable.	ellipsis	61
4977455827	to restrict or limit in meaning	modify	62
4977465098	a sentence grammatically complete only at end end	periodic	63
4977470420	fair is my love, and cruel as she's fair	loose	64
4977478094	grammatically complete in the first half of the sentence	loose	65