AP Literature Words Flashcards

2964413732	Allegory	Story or poem which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or ideas.	0
2964418731	Alliteration	The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way.	1
2964426539	Allusion	A reference to someone or something from history, literature, religion, or another branch of culture.	2
2964431227	Ambiguity	Deliberately suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting meanings in a work.	3
2964436609	Analogy	In the same way as one cannot have the rainbow without the rain, one cannot achieve success and riches without hard work.	4
2964443021	Anaphora	Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row.	5
2964448178	Anastrophe	Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence.	6
2964455389	Anecdote	Brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example.	7
2964464759	Antagonist	Opponent who struggles against the hero	8
2964471929	Antimetable	Repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order	9
2964477567	Antithesis	When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon it might have been one small step for a man but it was one giant leap for mankind.	10
2964500807	Antihero	Central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes.	11
2964506043	Anthropomorhphism	The raging storm brought with it howling winds and fierce lightning as the residents of the village looked up at the angry skies in alarm.	12
2964509795	Apostrophe	Calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person	13
2964519717	Apposition	Placing in immediately succeeding order of two or more coordinate elements	14
2964527236	Assonance	"A long song"	15
2964532662	Asyndeton	Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.	16
2964537665	Balance	Constructing a sentence so that both halves are about the same length and importance	17
2964542889	Characterization	The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.	18
2964547642	Indirect Characterization	The author reveals the character by dress, talk, private thoughts and feelings, and actions.	19