AP Literature Flashcards

6301737364	allegory	a work that functions on a symbolic level	0
6301743365	alliteration	the repetition of initial consonant sounds, such as "Peter Piper"	1
6301760366	blank verse	Unrhymed iambic pentameter	2
6301769405	cacophony	harsh and discordant sounds in a line or passage of a literary work	3
6301792245	catharsis	the release of emotion that the audience of a tragedy experiences	4
6301802053	connotation	the interpretive level of a word based on its associated images rather than its literal meaning	5
6301818589	denotation	the literal or dictionary meaning of a word	6
6301823805	diction	the author's choice of words	7
6301828784	euphony	the pleasant, mellifluous presentation of sounds in literary work	8
6301844508	figurative language	the body of devices that enables the writer to operate on levels other than the literal one	9
6301853661	hyperbole	extreme exaggeration	10
6301858187	iamb	a metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one	11
6301885437	metaphor	a direct comparison between dissimilar things	12
6301892068	metonymy	a figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea	13
6301898590	motif	the repetition or variations of an image or idea in a work which is used to develop theme or characters	14
6301911541	oxymoron	an image of contradictory terms	15
6301917018	pathos	the aspects of a literary work that elicit pity from the audience	16
6301927058	simile	an indirect comparison that uses the words like or as	17
6301937243	synecdoche	a figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative as a whole	18