AP Literature Flashcards

7472065241	Allegory	A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions	0
7472065242	Allusions	an indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work.	1
7472065243	Anachronism	something out of place in time	2
7472065244	Apostrophe	Addressing something nonhuman as if it were human Example: Death, be not proud . . .	3
7472065245	Archetype	a very typical example of a certain person or thing	4
7472065246	Diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words	5
7472065247	Euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	6
7472065248	Extended Metaphor	Continues for several lines or possibly the entire length of a work	7
7472065249	Figurative Language	writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally	8
7472065250	Flashback	a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.	9
7472065251	Hubris	excessive pride or self-confidence	10
7472065252	Hyperbole	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.	11
7472065253	Imagery	visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.	12
7472065254	Irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	13
7472065255	Litote	A figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement	14
7472065256	Metaphor	A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared.	15
7472065257	Meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	16
7472065258	Paraphrase	a restatement of ideas to retain the meaning while changing diction and form	17
7507145113	pathetic fallacy	Attributing human qualities to a force of nature	18
7507145114	Personification	the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea	19
7507145115	Propaganda	False or misleading information that is spread to further a cause	20
7507145116	Rhythm	A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions.	21
7507145117	Strategy	the management of language for a specific effect	22
7507145118	style	A basic and distinctive mode of expression.	23
7507145119	symbol	anything that stands for or represents something else	24
7507145120	Themes	Insights about life or the human condition	25
7507145121	tone	the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.	26
7507145122	trope	a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression	27
7508847724	antihero	a central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes.	28
7508861748	anthropomorphism	attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object (actually does it, not implied like personification)	29