AP literature Flashcards

6671011573	Elergy	A sad poem usually to express praise to a dead person.	0
6671011574	Seset	2nd part of a sonnet	1
6671011575	Ode	To praise something you love	2
6671011576	Euphony	Pleasing to the ear	3
6671011577	Motif	A symbol of great importance	4
6671358895	Syneconde	Giving the part for the whole	5
6671358896	Allusion	Reference to well known being or event	6
6671358897	Motif	A symbol or reoccurring image	7
6671358898	Hyperbole	Exaggeration	8
6671358899	Oxymoron	An apparent contradiction	9
6671358900	Syntax	Sentence or phrase structure	10
6671358901	Parallelism	Repetition or similar syntax style	11
6671358902	Analogy	Extended comparison	12
6671358903	Alliteration	Repetitive sound or rhyme	13
6671358904	Cacophony	Harsh sound	14
6671358905	Naturalism	Extreme realism	15
6671358906	Farce	Crude often obscene literature	16
6671358907	Anaphora	Repetition of certain words	17
6671358908	Cliche	Word that loses meaning due to overuse	18
6671358909	Couplet	Two consecutive rhymes in a poem	19
6671358910	Diction	Writers choice of words	20
6671358911	Elegy	A poem of mourning	21
6671358912	Idyll	Extremely happy and idled.	22
6671358913	Ode	Prove you love something	23
6671358914	Quatrain	A use of 4 lines in a poem usually with alternative rhymes	24
6671358915	Parable	A short story	25
6671358916	Seset	Second part of a sonnet	26
6671358917	Lyric poetry	A type of poetry that expresses emotions	27
6671358918	Modernism	Bold new styles of writing developed in the 20th century	28
6671358919	Realisn	Depicts life how it really is developed in the 19th century	29
6671822756	Foil	A character in contrast to another	30
6671822757	Satire	A type of writing that makes fun of a particular topic	31
6671822758	Denotation	Direct meaning of something	32
6671822759	Connotation	Indirect or Symbolic meaning of something	33
6671822760	Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds in an essay	34
6671822761	Dissonance	Harsh sounds in a novel or poem	35
6671822762	Eulogy	A formal speech respecting someone who has died	36
6671822763	sarcasm	harsh, cutting language or tone intended to ridicule	37
6671822764	surrealism	an artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control	38
6671822765	vernacular	the everyday speech of a particular country or region, often involving nonstandard usage	39