AP literature terms Flashcards

4951723082	Personification	The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form	0
4951723083	Alliteration	The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of an adjacent or closely connected words	1
4951723084	Paradox	A statement that, despite apparent reasoning, leads to a self-contradictory or logically unacceptable conclusion	2
4951723085	Onomatopoeia	The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named	3
4951723086	Simile	the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more vivid	4
4951723087	Droll	Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry humor	5
4951723088	Simpering	A smile or gesture in an affectedly coquettish, coy, or ingratiating manner	6
4951723089	Ambivalent	Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone	7
4951723090	Jocular	Fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful	8
4951723091	Sardonic	Grimly mocking or cynical	9
4951723092	Hyperbolic tone	Exaggeration in attitude	10
4951723093	Colloquial diction	Use of words common in every day speech (varies from location to location)	11
4951723094	Inverted syntax	A literary technique in which the normal order of words is reverse in order to achieve a particular effect	12
4951723095	Pernicious	Having a gradual or subtle harmful effect	13
4951723096	Worldly	Concerned with material values; sophisticated	14
4951723097	Reverent	Displaying deep respect	15
4951723098	Deferential	Showing humble respect	16
4951723099	Self-righteous	Characterized by certainty that one is morally superior/an arrogant assumption that something is unworthy of considering	17
4951723100	Haughtily dismissive	Showing disregard in an arrogant manner	18
4951723101	Overly literal	Interpreting something as exactly and realistically true	19
4951723102	Dictatorial	Showing complete domination over something	20