ap language literary terms Flashcards

6813073168	anaphora	repetition of a word or phrase	0
6813077898	ad misericordiam	an attempt to persuade another using a hard luck story rather than logic or reason.	1
6813086806	alliteration	the repetition of accented consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close to each other.	2
6813101399	allusion	a reference in literature or in art to previous literature, history, myth, etc/	3
6813112764	anachronism	an element in a story that is out of its time frame.	4
6813123118	analogy	clarifies/explains an unfamiliar concept or object by comparing it with one which is familiar.	5
6813137442	anecdote	a short and often personal story used to emphasize a point, to develop a character or a theme, or to inject humor.	6
6813154074	aphorism	a terse statement that expresses a general truth or moral principle.	7
6813166363	apostrophe	a rhetorical figure of direct address to a person, object, or abstract entity.	8
6813173491	apotheosis	elevating someone to the level of a god.	9
6813181325	aubade	a poem or song about lovers who must leave one another in the early hours of the morning	10
6813190563	cacophony	harsh, discordant sounds, unpleasant to the ear	11
6813201612	catharsis	emotional cleansing or feeling of relief	12
6813212164	conceit	a far fetched comparison between two seemingly unlike things.	13
6813229693	denouement	the outcome or clarification at the end of a story or play	14
6813245067	deus ex machina	literally, when the gods intervene at a story's end to resolve a seemingly impossible conflict.	15
6813250985	diction	the deliberate choice of a style of language for a desired effect or tone.	16
6813263099	distortion	an exaggeration or stretching of the truth to achieve a desired effect.	17
6813268117	epigraph	a short, clever poem with a witty turn of thought.	18
6813272469	epigraph	a brief quotation found at the beginning of a literary work, reflective of theme.	19
6813279409	euphony	the quality of a pleasant or harmonious sound of a word or group of words as an intended effect.	20
6813305738	farce	a kind of comedy that depends on exaggerated or improbable situations, physical disasters, and sexual innuendos.	21
6813318516	hubris	insolence, arrogance, or pride.	22
6813323458	litotes	affirmation of an idea by using a negative understatement	23
6813329348	metonymy	a figure of speech that replaces the name of something with a word or phrase closely associated with it.	24
6813339804	onomatopoeia	words that imitate sound	25
6813343531	oxymoron	a figure of speech that combines two contradictory words, placed side by side.	26
6813349509	paradox	a statement or situation that at first seems impossible or oxymoronic but which solves itself and reveals meaning	27
6813365829	pathos	the quality of a literary work or passage which appeals to the readers or viewers emotions.	28
6813377346	logos	appeal to logic	29
6813379588	ethos	an appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader	30
6813396609	stock character	a stereotypical character	31
6813401461	syntax	the way in which words phrases and sentences are ordered and connected	32
6813409354	tone	the authors attitude towards the subject	33
6813416180	invective	an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong abusive language	34