AP Literature and Composition: Terms Flashcards

4241366549	allusion	a reference to something outside the work, usually to another work of popularity	0
4241366550	attitude	character's disposition or opinion towards a subject	1
4241366563	details	items or parts that make up a larger picture in a story	2
4241369245	devices of sound	techniques of deploying words: such as rhyme, alliteration, assonance, consonance, and onomatopoeia.	3
4241369246	figurative language	Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid, such as that in a metaphor or simile	4
4241371289	imagery	Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work; the use of language to create sensory impressions.	5
4241371297	irony	figure of speech in which intent and actual meaning differ	6
4241373235	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	7
4241373236	narrative techniques	methods involved in telling a story. discuss the procedures used in the telling of a story. ie: point of view, manipulation of time, dialogue, interior monologue.	8
4241375577	omniscient point of view	the narrator is capable of knowing, telling, and seeing all	9
4241375578	point of view	The vantage point from which a story is told	10
4241377507	resources of language	a general phrase for the linguistic devices or techniques that a writer can use	11
4241377508	rhetorical techniques	the devices used in effective or persuasive language, such as apostrophe, contrast, repetition, paradox, understatement, sarcasm, satire, and rhetorica	12
4241378827	satire	A type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about a change	13
4241378828	setting	The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.	14
4241380433	simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	15
4241380434	strategy	the management of language for a specific effect.	16
4241381548	structure	the arrangement of materials within a work	17
4241383479	style	The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech.	18
4241383480	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.	19
4241384803	syntax	Sentence structure	20
4241387186	tone	manner in which author expresses his or her attitude	21
4241521569	theme	the main thought expresses by a work	22
4241387187	allegory	A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions	23
4241387188	ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.	24
4241388795	apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.	25
4241388796	connotation	Implied meaning	26
4241389981	convention	a divide of style or subject matter so often used that it becomes a recognized means of expression	27
4241389982	denotation	The literal meaning of a word	28
4241391433	didactic	Instructive	29
4241391434	digression	use of material unrelated to the subject of work	30
4241391435	epigram	a pithy saying, a short, cleverly-worded statement	31
4241393027	euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	32
4241394488	grotesque	Absurd; distorted	33
4241394489	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	34
4241394490	jargon	nonsensical talk; specialized language	35
4241395937	literal	Exactly true, rather than figurative or metaphorical	36
4241395938	lyrical	melodious; songlike; poetic	37
4241397672	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	38
4241397673	parable	A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson	39
4241397674	paradox	A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.	40
4241399195	parody	A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.	41
4241399196	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	42
4241400847	reliability	quality of select fictional narrators whose word the reader can trust.	43
4241402162	rhetorical question	A question asked merely for effect and not requiring an answer	44
4241402163	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	45
4241404204	stereotype	A generalized belief about a group of people	46
4241405703	syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.	47
4241405704	thesis	a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.	48
4241407081	alliteration	Repetition of consonant sounds	49
4241408502	assonance	Repetition of similar vowel sounds	50
4241408503	ballad meter	a four-line stanza rhymed abcd with four feet in lines one and three and three feet in lines two and four.	51
4241409878	blank verse	Unrhymed iambic pentameter	52
4241409879	dactyl	A metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables	53
4241411172	end-stopped	a term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation	54
4241411173	free verse	Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme but that still has rhythm	55
4241413726	heroic couplet	two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa, bb, cc with the thought usually completed in the two-line unit	56
4241415055	hexameter	Six feet per line	57
4241415056	iamb	A foot is an iamb if it consists of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, so the word remark is an iamb. Pent means five, so a line of iambic pentameter consists of five iambs - five sets of unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables.	58
4241416178	internal rhyme	Rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end	59
4241418328	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	60
4241419551	pentameter	a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet	61
4241420566	rhyme royal	A seven-line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc, used by Chaucer and other medieval poets.	62
4241420567	sonnet	14 lines of iambic pentameter.	63
4241422594	stanza	A grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme	64
4241422595	terza rima	A three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc. Example: Dante's Divine Comedy	65
4241424391	tetrameter	4 feet per line	66
4241424392	antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.	67
4241425917	clause	A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.	68
4241425918	ellipsis	in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods	69
4241425919	imperative	the mood of a verb that gives an order: Eat your spinach	70
4241427444	modify	to restrict or limit in meaning	71
4241428772	parallel structure	the repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical structures	72
4241428773	periodic sentence	A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. The independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone. The effect is to add emphasis and structural variety.	73