AP Literature Exam Vocabulary Flashcards

5594392297	heroic couplet	(in verse) a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters.	0
5594479968	juxtaposition	a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.	1
5594514724	anaphora	the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect.	2
5594537491	in media res	in or into the middle of a sequence of events as in a literary narrative	3
5594548136	cantankerous	bad-tempered; quarrelsome	4
5594554698	didactic	Intended to teach; inclined to teach excessively	5
5594576967	antithesis	a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. it emphasizes the idea of contrast by parallel structures of the contrasted phrase or clauses.	6
5594626849	allegory	A narrative in which characters, figures, and events stand for abstract ideas or moral qualities	7
5594660579	synecdoche	a literary device where a part of something is used to represent the whole and vice versa.	8
5594689526	nostalgia	a longing for something past; homesickness	9
5594696570	enjambment	A run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next.	10
5594718209	pragmatic	practical; dealing with actual facts and reality	11
5594728896	laudable	Worthy of praise	12
5594734648	derision	Contemptuous ridicule or mockery	13
5594742685	verisimilitude	similarity to reality; the appearance of truth; looking like the real thing	14
5594753916	apposition	placing side by side two coordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first. "The mountain was the earth, her home."	15
5594799137	asyndeton	the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.	16