AP Literature Flashcards

4823713101	Allegory	The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to literal meaning	0
4823713102	Alliteration	The repetition of sounds especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words	1
4823950757	Allusion	A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. Can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical	2
4823950758	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.	3
4823950759	Analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.	4
4823950760	Antecedent	The word, phrase or clause	5
4823950761	Antithesis	The opposition or contrast of ideas, the direct opposite	6
4823950762	Aphorism	A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle.	7
4823950763	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction, such as liberty or love	8
4823950764	Atmosphere	The emotional nod created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described.	9
4823950765	Caricature	A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics.	10
4823950766	Clause	A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb	11
4823950767	Colloquial	The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing.	12
4823950768	Conceit	A faithful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects.	13
4823950769	Connitation	The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning.	14
4823950770	Denotation	The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color.	15
4823950771	Diction	Related to style, this refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to the correctness, clearness, or effectiveness.	16
4823950772	Didactic	Words that teach or inspire morally or ethically	17
4824137557	Euphemism	More agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.	18
4824137558	Extended metaphor	A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.	19
4824137559	Figurative language	Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is meant to be imaginative and vivid	20
4824137560	Figurative speech	A device used to produce figurative language.	21
4824137561	Generic conventions	This term describes traditions for each genre.	22
4824137562	Genre	The major category into which a literary work fits	23
4824137563	Homily	Any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice	24
4824137564	Hyperbole	A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.	25
4824137565	Imagery	The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions	26
4824137566	Inference	To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented	27
4824137567	Invective	An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation using strong, abusive language.	28
4824137568	Irony	The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant, or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true.	29
4824137569	Litotes	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite.	30
4824137570	Loose sentence	A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses.	31
4824137571	Metaphor	A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity	32
4824137572	Metonymy	A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for another closely associated with it.	33
4824137573	Mood	The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work.	34
4824137574	Narrative	The telling if a story or an account of an event or series of events	35
4824137575	Onomatopoeia	A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words	36
4824137576	Oxymoron	When the author groups contradictory terms that suggest a paradox	37
4824137577	Paradox	A statement that appears to be self-contradictory	38
4824137578	Parallelism	Grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity	39
4918211506	Anaphora	Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences.	40
4918211507	Parody	A work that closely imitated the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and or ridicule.	41
4918211508	Pedantic	An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.	42
4918497280	periodic sentence	a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.	43
4918506734	personification	a figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.	44
4918598296	point of view	in literature, the perspective from which a story is told.	45
4918617227	prose	on of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms.	46
4918625045	repetition	the duplication of any element of language, such as a sound word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern.	47
4918679856	rhetoric	the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.	48
4918726597	rhetorical modes	the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing.	49
4918734968	sarcasm	this involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something.	50
4918742873	satire	a work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule	51
4918752927	semantics	linguistics that study the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relationships to one another.	52
4918765351	style	an evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices.	53
4918780573	subject complement	the word or clause that follows a linking verb and compliments, or completes, the subject of the subject by either renaming it or describing it.	54
4918794921	subordinate clause	like all clauses, this word group contains both a subject and a verb, but unlike the independent clause, it cannot stand alone.	55
4918802007	syllogism	This is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion.	56