AP Literature Vocab Flashcards
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| 4788920635 | Metonymy | When a general word symbolizes a large idea such as the "the press" mean many people | 0 | |
| 4788920636 | Allusion | Allude to another work of literature | 1 | |
| 4788925249 | Elude | evade | 2 | |
| 4788925686 | Allegory | When a story teaches a moral truth | 3 | |
| 4788926244 | symbolism | when something stand for something else, that's more universal | 4 | |
| 4788927553 | metaphor | life is a box of chocolates; comparison to show meaning | 5 | |
| 4788930440 | extended metaphor | a comparison that goes throughout the entire piece | 6 | |
| 4788931193 | denouement | French for the end | 7 | |
| 4788931630 | oxymoron | two words that are opposites/ used to describe something | 8 | |
| 4788932619 | romanticism | a literary movement focusing on nature and ideal worlds | 9 | |
| 4788933567 | apostrophe | speaking to someone absent or dead | 10 | |
| 4788934305 | assonance | a rhyme pattern in which the middle of the line rhymes with the end | 11 | |
| 4788935095 | alliteration | repeating consonants sounds | 12 | |
| 4788938105 | cacophony | a harsh composition of sounds in poetry | 13 | |
| 4788938733 | conceit | an elaborate metaphor in poetry | 14 | |
| 4788939781 | enjambment | lines of poetry that run together to create affect | 15 | |
| 4788941152 | diction | speech patterns of an area | 16 | |
| 4788941872 | colloquialism | quaint area sayings that outsiders may not fully get | 17 | |
| 4788943262 | genre | type | 18 | |
| 4788943928 | foil | two characters whose personality traits play off the other to show strengths and weaknesses | 19 | |
| 4788944970 | lament | grieve | 20 | |
| 4788945856 | pathos | a type of love containing pity | 21 | |
| 4788946338 | satire | extreme sarcasm usually to show a social problem | 22 | |
| 4788947564 | suspension of disbelief | an author's ability to make the reader believe impossible situations can be real | 23 |