AP Literature - Vocabulary Flashcards

5774410000	Metonym	Replacing one thing with another because of its association. ex: England went to war.	0
5774413081	Synecdoche	Replace something with something physically connected to it. ex: Lend me your hand	1
5774417767	Synesthesia	The blending of the senses.	2
5774417768	Metaphysical Conceit	an original and usually complex comparison between two highly dissimilar things	3
5774419427	Parallelism		4
5774419428	Antithesis	Contrasting any of the different parts of a statement.	5
5774459559	Inverted Syntax		6
5774460587	Periodic Sentence	A sentence that is not grammatically correct until the end of the sentence. Examples come first.	7
5774460588	Loose Sentence	A sentence that is grammatically correct before it reaches the end.	8
5774462308	Chiasmus	Opposite form of parallelism that flips the original form around.	9
5774462309	Litotes	Emphasize a point by using a word opposite to the condition. ex: Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.	10
5774464472	Zeugma	Two elements in a sentence are linked by a governing third element in a suggestive way. ex: She ate the ice creams and her feelings.	11
5774475321	Ironies	When the unexpected happens. Dramatic: the audience knows what the people in the work do not. Verbal Irony: what is said is not what is meant (sarcasm). Romantic: you are misled into thinking something by narrator. Situational: when what happens is not what is expected. Structural: when the genre does not match the form. Cosmic: Someone falsely believes they have free will.	12
5774475322	Semantics	Study of the meaning of words.	13
5774476877	Poetic Diction		14
5774476878	Kenning		15
5774478303	Onomatopoeia	The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. ex: splash	16
5774478304	Cliche	A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.	17
5774478305	Euphemism	politically correctedness	18
5774479529	Pun		19
5774479541	Apostrophe	The narrator breaks from the flow of the writing usually overcome with emotion and addresses an inanimate object or absent presence.	20
5774480997	Allusion	The indirect reference to a person, event, statement or theme in a work.	21
5774486965	Paradox		22
5774486966	Literal Imagery	The language the writer uses	23
5774488336	Figurative Imagery	to express abstract ideas	24
5774490115	Anachronism		25
5774490116	Motif	A unifying element in an artistic work.	26
5774490117	Oxymoron		27
5774492748	Stream of Consciousness		28
5774492749	Tone vs. Mood	Tone: The feelings set by the author Mood: The feelings of the reader	29
5774494112	Archetype	A recurring symbol in literature	30
5774494113	Aside	Remarks made to an audience that reveals inner thoughts without other characters knowing. -dramatic irony	31
5774494114	Soliloquy	A long speech given by a single character alone on stage. -to expose the inner landscape of character.	32
5774531294	Major Themes	Human Nature Nature of Society Fate and Freedom Ethics	33
5774792122	The Hero Cycle	Departure, Initiation, Return cross the Threshold of Adventure	34
5774873399	Poetry	Literary expression characterized by attention to rhythm, sound, and concentrated concrete use of language.	35
5774802512	Types of Poetry	Narrative: tells a story in a verse Dramatic: conventions of drama Lyric: melodic poem that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker (unified event)	36
5774804260	Epic	a hero embodies values and aspirations of the poet's culture	37
5774804261	Ballad	a songlike poem that tells a story	38
5774805585	Monologue vs. Dialogue		39
5774805586	Elegy	reflective poem that laments a loss	40
5774805587	Ode	long, formal, lyric poem usually meditative, that treats a noble in a dignified manner. honor, commemoration, response to nature or consider human condition	41
5774828503	Sonnet	Lyric poem of 14 lines that follows one of several traditional rhyme schemes.	42
5774919712	Aristotelian Tragedy	downfall of good person through error or misjudgement producing suffering and insight for protagonist, pity for audience demise is result of decision, hero bears responsibility	43
5774902955	Anagnorisis	tragic recognition of insight	44
5774904178	Hamartia	tragic error	45
5774904998	Hubris	violent transgression/ overstep boundaries	46
5774906390	Nemesis	retribution	47
5774907885	Peripateia	plot reversal	48
5774927105	Hegelian Tragedy	two rights of values in fatal conflict ex: Antigone	49
5774928210	Revenge Tragedy	dramatization of predicament of wronged hero	50
5774929854	Stanza	group of lines in poetry that focuses on one emotion or idea	51
5774932128	Poetic Shift	When a poem moves from one idea or tone to another. ex: stanza break ex: Sentence structure ex: transitions	52
5774938011	Concrete poetry	The poet uses the shape of the poem to give the meaning.	53
5774941127	Enjambment	The physical end of a line of poetry does not match grammatical end. -can create irony literal to figurative	54
5774944241	End-stopped line	End of a physical line of poetry matches the grammatical end of a line.	55
5774945842	Line groupings	Names for lines in a poem based upon the rhyme scheme	56
5774949187	Types of line groupings	Couplet, tercet, quatrain, sestet, octet	57
5774950161	Canto	A major division of a poem usually containing multiple stanzas and designated by roman numerals.	58
5774953110	Refrain	Repeated exact words in a poem.	59
5774954249	Scansion	Looking at a line of poetry for its rhythm.	60
5774955925	Unstressed syllables	speakers voice goes down	61
5774957819	Stressed syllables	Voice goes up	62
5774958871	Foot	A series of unstressed and stressed syllables.	63
5774970021	Meter	number of feet in a line of poetry	64
5774973626	Iambic Pentameter	five feet	65
5774974576	Rhyme	The repetition of identical vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of two or more words as well as subsequent sounds.	66
5774979965	Rhyme scheme	pattern of rhymes within a poem.	67
5774982638	Plot Structure	Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax or Epiphany, Falling Action, Denouement	68
5774986903	Frame Story	a narrative is enclosed by another narrative ex: Frankenstein	69
5774988606	In Medias Re		70
5774988607	Prologue vs. Epilogue		71
5774989737	Deus Ex Machina	God of the Machine An absurd event changes the course of events.	72
5774990806	Act	Major division of poem usually encompassing a predeterminate segment of the story.	73
5774990807	Scene	Change setting or time; change characters; change topic	74
5774990808	Epistolary	A novel written in a series of letters.	75
5774990809	Allegory		76
5774992190	Pastoral		77
5774992191	Bildungsroman		78
5774993069	Comedy of Manners		79
5774993070	Magic Realism		80
5774993071	Satire		81
5774994490	Comedy vs. Tragedy		82
5774994491	Myth		83
5774994492	Point of Views	1st person- view of single character 2nd person- the reader is the narrator 3rd person limited- story portrayed through eyes of a single character 3rd person omniscient- narrated by godlike being who can shift across characters	84
5774997778	Unobtrusive Narrator vs. Unreliable Narrator	detached from the story / seems trustworthy but reader questions validity of story	85
5774999704	Aspects of Setting	Sensuous World, Chronology, Societal, Emotional	86
5775059255	Sensuous World	description of the physical place through any of the five senses	87
5775063042	Time and Chronology	Three elements of time may operate within the narrative. -time period -time of narrative -chronological arrangement	88
5775067652	Social Environment	manners, customs, culture, and moral values that govern the historic time	89
5775071111	Emotional Environment	Atmosphere normally created by the sensuous world of piece of fiction. The emotional reaction the reader and the characters have to the setting.	90
5775004912	Direct vs. Indirect Characterization	tells vs. shows about character	91
5775004913	Static	does not change through story	92
5775007074	Dynamic	character who changes because of events in story	93
5775007075	Round	complex	94
5775007076	Flat	stereotypical	95
5775008672	Protagonist vs. Antagonist	The main character who wishes to fulfill a desire. The one who keeps the protagonist from their goal.	96
5775008673	Foil	The character who, through compare/contrast, accentuates the traits of another. ex: Antigone vs. Ismene	97
5775008674	Character Arc	How the character changes over time.	98