AP Literature Flashcards

4323228805	Allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.	0
4323228806	Alliteration	the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.	1
4323229564	Allusion	an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.	2
4323229565	Ambiguity	uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language.	3
4323230925	Anachronism	a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.	4
4323230926	Analogy	a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.	5
4323232424	Anapest	a poetic device defined as a metrical foot in a line of a poem that contains three syllables wherein the first two syllables are short and unstressed followed by a third syllable that is long and stressed	6
4323233566	Anaphora	In writing or speech, the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect	7
4323233567	Antagonist	a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.	8
4323235800	Anticlimax	a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events.	9
4323235801	Anti-hero	a central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes.	10
4323237388	Apostrophe	a punctuation mark ( ' ) used to indicate either possession (e.g., Harry's book ; boys' coats ) or the omission of letters or numbers	11
4323237389	Archetype	a very typical example of a certain person or thing.	12
4323237390	Aside	Breaking the fourth wall	13
4323239231	Assonance	in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible	14
4323240354	Ballad	a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture. synonyms:	15
4323240355	Bildungsroman	a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education.	16
4323241490	Caesura	(in modern verse) a pause near the middle of a line.	17
4323241491	Catharsis	the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions. synonyms:	18
4323242377	Climax	Climax is a structural part of a plot and is at times referred to as a crisis. It is a decisive moment or a turning point in a storyline at which the rising action turns around into a falling action.	19
4323242378	Closed form	a type of poetry that exhibits regular structure, such as meter or a rhyming pattern;	20
4323244137	Conceit	a fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor.	21