WAGNER AP Literature terms Flashcards

3663956078	alliteration	repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words ex: weak and weary we walked ahead	0
3663958483	allegory	a literary work that portrays abstract ideas concretely ex: "Young Goodman Brown" is an allegory written by Nathaniel Hawthorne.	1
3663981529	allusion	a reference to another work of literature, art, history, or current events	2
3663992472	apostrophe	a direct address to an abstraction, a thing, an animal, or an imaginary or absent person ex: O Life! O Love!	3
3664000844	cacophony	harsh, clashing, or dissonant sounds produced by words requiring clipped, explosive delivery Ex: " Hear the loud alarum bells! / Brazen Bells! / What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells"	4
3664039919	caesura	a pause within a line of poetry often mirroring natural speech	5
3664047719	conceit	figure of speech comparing two very dissimilar things ex: "If hairs be wires, then wires grow on her head"	6
3664057813	epiphany	a character's transformative moment of realization	7
3664060366	hyperbole	deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or to produce a comic or ironic effect	8
3664069469	juxtaposition	placing two things side by side for comparison or contrast purposes	9
3664074752	litotes	figure of speech that affirms something by stating the negative of its opposite Ex: she's is no idiot	10
3664080285	metaphor	figure of speech that compares or equates two things without using like or as Ex: Life is a hard road	11
3664084733	metonymy	fiure of speech in which something is represented by another thing that is related to it Ex: the throne for a king or monarch	12
3664121072	onomatopoeia	use of words that refer to a sound and whose pronunciation mimic those sounds Ex: buzz	13
3665232400	paradox	a statement that is seems contradictory but actually is not Ex: Youth is wasted on the young	14
3665233896	personification	figure of speech in which an animal or inanimate object is imbued with human qualities	15
3665242569	satire	literary work that uses irony to critique society or an individual	16
3665242570	simile	figure of speech used to explain an idea by comparing it to another thing using like, as, or resembles	17
3665249266	synaesthesia	technique in writing where a writer presents ideas, characters, or places so that they appeal to more than one senses at a given time ex: "With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz, between the light and me"	18
3665251305	synechdoche	figure of speech in which part of something is used to represent the whole thing Ex: "I got wheels!" meaning you bought a car	19
3665251306	style	the way a literary work is written	20
3708668372	understatement	The opposite of hyperbole, this refers to a figure a speech that says less than is intended	21
3708672287	ambiguity	Allows for two or more interpretations of a word, phrase, action, or situation	22
3708673993	mood	the emotional feeling instilled in the reader by a literary work	23
3708678781	irony	The difference between appearance and reality; it may be verbal, dramatic, or situational	24
3708680856	assonance	Close repetition of middle vowel sounds between different consonant sounds; fade/pale	25
3708680857	consonance	Close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after differing vowel sounds Ex: love/leave, work/park	26
3708687550	soliloquy	A dramatic speech in which a character alone on stage speaks his/her thoughts out loud	27
3708689016	aside	Speech directed to the audience that is supposedly not audible to other characters onstage	28
3708693615	enjambment	Carrying the words of a sentence beyond the end of a line of poetry Ex: so much depends upon a red wheelbarrow...	29
3708702350	foil	A character who, by contrast, highlights the qualities or characteristics of another character. ex: Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, Mater and Lightning McQueen	30
3708826252	parallellism	Technique showing that words, phrases, and clauses or larger structures are comparable in content and importance by placing them side by side or making them similar in form	31
3708832689	sterotype	A character who represents a trait attributed to a social or racial group and lacks other individual traits	32
3708836540	euphony	A succession of sweet, melodious sounds; opposite of cacophony	33
3708839719	oxymoron	Figure of speech in which two contradictory words or phrases are combined in a single expression Ex: black light, jumbo shrimp	34
3708841832	Bildungsroman	A novel that traces the early education of its hero from youth to experience Ex: Great Expectations	35
3708845928	colloquialism	A word/phrase in everyday use in conversation and informal writing	36
3708847798	characterization	The act of creating or describing a character directly or indirectly	37
3708849638	foreshadowing	Hints that suggest what is to come later in a literary piece	38
3708852410	symbol	A person, object, image, word, or event that evokes a range of additional meaning beyond its literal significance	39
3708854698	motif	Any element appearing in one or more works of literature or art, or a specific pattern in a work	40
3708856383	scansion	The process of measuring stresses in a line of verse in order to determine metrical pattern	41
3708859136	mood	The emotional feeling instilled in the reader by a literary work.	42