AP Literature Terms for exam Flashcards

6704916297	anaphora	the regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of two or more successive phrases or clauses.	0
6704916298	chiasmus	a reversal in the word order of words in two otherwise parallel sentences	1
6704916299	apostrophe	the direct address to an absent or dead person, or to an object, quality, or idea.	2
6704916300	hyperbole	a rhetorical figure in which emphasis is achieved through exaggeration	3
6704916301	metaphor	figurative language that describes something as though it actually were something else	4
6704916302	metonymy	the substitution of one term for another that is generally associated with it. (ex. the crown declared that the man would be executed.)	5
6704916303	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole (ex. all hands on deck)	6
6704916304	onomatopoeia	the use of words that sound like a noise	7
6704916305	paradox	a statement or expression so surprisingly self-contradictory but ends up being true on some level	8
6704916306	parallelism	the use of similar grammatical structures or word order.	9
6704916307	personification	the use of human characteristics to describe animals, things, or ideas.	10
6704916308	point of view	the perspective that a narrator takes toward the events it describes	11
6704916309	pun	a witty word-play which reveals that words with different meanings have similar or even identical sounds	12
6704916310	satire	writing that ridicules or holds up to contempt the faults of individuals or groups	13
6704916311	polysyndeton	the repetition of conjunctions in a sentence	14
6704916312	asyndeton	the omission of conjunctions in a sentence	15
6704916313	archetype	a symbol found in many cultures	16
6704916314	dramatic irony	a situation where the audience knows something that the characters on stage are not aware of	17
6704916315	allusion	a reference to a piece of literature, character, historical figure that the author assumes the reader will recognize	18
6704916316	diction	the word choices made by a writer	19
6704916317	didactic	having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing	20
6704916318	exposition	the beginning portion of Freytag's pyramid where the background information, characters and setting are introduced	21
6704916319	denouement (catastrophe)	The final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work or the outcome of a complicated sequence of events	22
6704916320	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	23
6704916321	tone	A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.	24