Ap Literature Flashcards

5887686556	Simile	Comparison using "like" or "as"	0
5887687399	Metaphor	A comparison-stating 2 different things are the same without like or as	1
5887691372	Apostrophe	Talking to an absent person or inanimate object	2
5887693509	Cacophonous	Harsh sounding constance's "c,t,k"	3
5887695309	Euphonious	Nice sounded "l,m,s"	4
5887699114	Alliterations	Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words	5
5887701097	Consonance	Repetition of consonant sounds at different parts of words	6
5887704956	Onomatopoeia	Words whose sounds suggest there meaning	7
5887705721	Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds; words don't have to rhyme	8
5887706836	Internal Rhyme	Rhyming words (tame;shame) within the same line	9
5887708347	Satire	The use of irony or ridicule in exposing vice, folly, etc.	10
5887710059	Elegy	Poem or lament for the dead	11
5887710896	Hyperbole	An exaggeration, opposite of understatement	12
5887712496	Epigram	Short, witty statement	13
5887713339	Syntax	Word order	14
5887714111	English Sonnet	abab, cdcd, efef, gg	15
5887715923	Ode	Length: 3 part structure, lyric (song), experssing happiness, joy	16
5887718773	Ballad	A narrative refrain (tells story)	17
5887720550	Oxymoron	Two opposing words placed next to each other (Jumbo Shrimp)	18
5887722991	Personification	Give human qualities to an inanimate object	19
5887725315	Pun	Play on words	20
5887726238	Allegory	Story in which characters represent abtract ideas or concepts	21
5887729180	Antithesis	Parallel structure (same syntax) convey opposite ideas	22
5887731140	Paradox	Two statements that contradict on the surface but make sense underneath	23
5887733729	Juxtaposition	The placement of two things- visually conflicting-next to each other	24
5887735107	Synecdoche	When a part represents a whole or a whole represents a part	25
5887736714	Rhetorical Question	A question posed without an expected or response	26
5887737960	Metonymy	When some object related to a noun represents the noun	27