AP Literature Terms Flashcards

2840733602	Allusion	A reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work.	0
2840735695	Attitude	The disposition toward or opinion of a subject by a speaker, author, or character.	1
2840738457	details	the individual items or parts that make up a larger picture or story.	2
2840740157	devices of sound	the techniques of deploying the sound of words, especially in poetry. (ex. rhyme, alliteration, assonance, consonance, and onomatopoeia)	3
2840742664	diction	word choice	4
2840743565	figurative language	writing that uses figures of speech, such as metaphor, simile, and irony (oppose to literal language)	5
2840745424	imagery	the images created by a literary work; the sensory details of a work; the figurative language of a work.	6
2840747132	irony	a figure of speech in which the intended meaning and the actual meaning differ, characteristically using praise to indicate blame or using blame to indicate praise; a pattern of words that runs away from direct statement of its obvious meaning.	7
2840752795	metaphor	a figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparison term like "as", "like", or "than".	8
2840756132	narrative techniques	The methods involved in telling a story; the procedures used by a writer of stories or accounts.	9
2840757898	omniscient point of view	the vantage point of a story in which the narrator can know, see, and report whatever he or she chooses.	10
2840759417	point of view	any of several vantage points from which a story is told. It may be omniscient, limited to several characters, or to just a single character.	11
2840762034	resources of language	A general phrase fro the linguistic devices or techniques that a writer can use.	12
2840764249	rhetorical techniques	the devices used in effective or persuasive language.	13
2840765070	satire	Writing that uses ridicule to arouse a reader's disapproval of the subject.	14
2840767128	setting	the background of a story; the physical location of a play, story, or novel.	15
2840769535	simile	A directly expressed comparison; a figure of speech comparing two objects, usually with "like", "as", or "than".	16
2840770976	strategy	the management of language for a specific effect; the planned placing of elements to achieve an effect.	17
2840773198	structure	the arrangement of materials within a work; the relationship of the parts of a work to the whole; the logical divisions of a work.	18
2840804563	style	the mode of expression in language; the characteristic manner of expression of an author.	19
2840807610	symbol	Something that is simultaneously itself and also a sign of something else.	20
2840808768	syntax	the structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence.	21
2840810653	theme	The main thought expressed by a work	22
2840811375	tone	the manner in which an author expresses his ot her attitude; the intonation of the voice that expresses meaning.	23
2840814879	allegory	A story in which the people, things, and events have another extended, frequently abstract, meaning.	24
2840815934	ambiguity	Multiple meanings that a literary work may communicate, especially when two meanings are incompatible.	25
2841358999	apostrophe	Direct adress, usually to someone or something that is not present.	26
2841361410	connotation	the implications of a word or phrase, or the emotions associated with it, as opposed to its exact meaning.	27
2841362989	convention	a device of style or subject matter that is used so often that it becomes a recognized means of expression	28
2841364787	denotation	the specific, literal meaning of a word to be found in a dictionary, as opposed to connotation	29
2841367023	didactic	explicitly instructive.	30
2841367988	digression	the inclusion of material unrelated to the actual subject of a work.	31
2841369323	epigram	a pithy saying, often employing contrast. it is also a verse form, which is usually brief and pointed.	32
2841372135	euphemism	a figure of speech utilizing indirection to avoid offensive bluntness, such as "deceased" for "dead" or "remains" for "corpse"	33
2841374968	grotesque	characterized by distortions or incongrueties	34
2841376228	hyperbole	deliberate exaggeration, overstatement.	35
2841377210	jargon	the specialized language of a profession or group	36
2841377677	literal	the precise, explicit meaning; accurate to the letter; a matterof fact, as opposed to figurative language	37
2841379557	lyrical	songlike; characterized by emotion, subjectivity, and imagination	38
2841380482	oxymoron	a combinaiton or juxtaposition of opposites; a union of contradictory terms.	39
2841382140	parable	a story designed to suggest a principle, to ilustrate a moral, or to answer a question.	40
2841383528	paradox	a statement that seems to be self-contradictory but is, in fact, true.	41
2841384212	parody	a composition that imitates the style of another composition, normally done for comic effect.	42
2841385889	personification	A figurative use of language that endows the nonhuman (ideas, inanimate objects, animals, abstractions) with human characteristics.	43
2841388315	reliability	a quality of some fictional narrators in whose words the reader can place the trust	44
2841390192	rhetorical question	a question asked for effect, not in expectation of a reply	45
2841391670	soliloquy	a speech in which a character who is alone speaks his or her thoughts aloud.	46
2841392302	stereotype	a conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea	47
2841393030	syllogism	a form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them.	48
2841394441	thesis	the theme, meaning, or position that a writer endeavours to prove or support	49
2841396283	alliteration	the repetition of similar or identical consonant sounds, normally at the beginning of words.	50
2841588575	assonance	the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds	51
2841589534	ballad meter	a four-line stanza rhymed abcb in which lines one and three have four feet and lines two and four have three feet	52
2841590982	blank verse	unrhymed iambic pentameter	53
2841591908	dactyl	a metrical foot of three syllables, including an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables	54
2841597189	end-stopped	a line with a pause at the end	55
2841597821	free-verse	poetry that is not written in a traditional meter but is still rhythmical	56
2841601189	heroic couplet	two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa, bb, cc, usually containing a complete thought in the two-line unit	57
2841603656	hexameter	a line containing six feet	58
2841604241	iamb	a two-syllable foot with an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable	59
2841604969	internal rhyme	rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end	60
2841606132	onomatopeia	the use of words whose sound suggests their actual meaning	61
2841606966	pentameter	a line containing five feet	62
2841607351	rhyme royal	a seven-line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc, which was used by Chaucer and other medieval poets	63
2841609617	sonnet	a poem written in ambic pentameter, normally composed of fourteen lines	64
2841610846	stanza	a repeated grouping of three or more lines, usually with the same meter and rhyme scheme	65
2841615147	terza rima	a three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc.	66
2841616424	tetrameter	a line of four feet	67
2841617254	antecedent	that which has gone before, especially the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers	68
2842895830	clause	A group of words containing a subject and its verb that may or may not form a complete sentence	69
2842897850	ellipsis	A phrase that omits some words that would be necessary for a complete construction, yet which is still understandable	70
2842899921	imperative	the mood of a verb that gives an order.	71
2842900621	modify	to restrict or limit in meaning	72
2842901727	parallel structure	a similar grammatical structure within a sentence or within a paragraph	73
2842902600	periodic sentence	a sentence that becomes grammatically complete only at the end (important idea at the end)	74
2842903815	loose sentence	grammatically complete before the period (put the important idea first)	75
2842905494	syntax	the structure of a sentence	76