AP Literature Terms Flashcards

5383887269	ad hominem	writer attacks the character of the arguer rather than discuss the ideas ex. Vicky makes the claim that Professor Brown is not a good teacher. Professor Brown comes back by saying Vicky is an "idiot" rather than discussing the claim at hand	0
5383910372	alliteration	repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables ex. She sells sea shells by the seashore	1
5383922211	allusion	indirect reference, often to another text or a historic event ex. When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn't necessary	2
5383934489	ambivalence	lack of clarity	3
5383936579	analogy	extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things... a longer simile	4
5383975821	analytical	understand the nature of something	5
5383979940	anaphora	repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses ex. My heart is a boulder My heart is a stone My heart is a pebble My heart is alone	6
5384005883	anecdote	short account of an interesting event	7
5384009105	annotation	explanatory or critical notes added to a text	8
5384015231	antanaclasis	word is repeated in two or more different senses...PUNS! ex. If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm	9
5421083882	antecedent	the noun to which a later pronoun refers ex. Professor Brown is out of her mind	10
5421087193	antimetabole	the repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast ex. we do what we like and we like what we do	11
5421089971	antithesis	parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas ex. you cannot live without learning, you cannot learn without living or you win some, you lose some	12
5421093420	aphorism	a short, astute statement of a general truth...similar to an attention getter...it's purpose could be to no marginalize, or leave out, any reader of an essay ex. youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age regret	13
5421098784	apologist	one who writes in defense of a cause or institution	14
5421100014	apostrophe	a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction ex. twinkle twinkle little star how I wonder what you are up above the world so high like a diamond in the sky	15
5421109281	archaic diction	the use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language	16
5421114053	argument	a statement put forth and supported by evidence	17
5421115206	assertion	an emphatic statement; declaration... an assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument	18
5421124273	assumption	a belief or statement taken for granted without proof	19