AP LITERATURE TERMS Flashcards

4363305966	Allegory	A prose or poetic narrative in which the characters, behavior and even the setting demonstrates multilevel of meaning and significance	0
4363305967	Allusion	A reference to a literary or historic event, person or place	1
4363305968	Analogy	A comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.	2
4363305969	Atmosphere	Refers to the feeling, emotion or mood a writer conveys to s reader through the description of setting and objects.	3
4363305970	Connotation	What is suggested by a word, apart from what it explicitly describes, often referred to as the implied meaning of a word.	4
4363305971	Denotation	A direct and specific meaning, often referred to as the dictionary meaning of. Word.	5
4363305972	Foreshadowing	To hint at or present an indication of the future beforehand	6
4363305973	Iambic	A metrical form in which each foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one	7
4363305974	Implicit	Suggested or understood without being directly stated. To imply is to suggest rather than to state.	8
4363305975	Metaphor	One thing pictured as if it were something else, suggesting a likeness or analogy between them. It is an implicit comparison or identification of one thing with another unlike itself without the use of a verbal sign such as like or as.	9
4363305976	Pastoral	A poem that describes the simple life of country folk, usually shepherds who live a timeless, painless life in a world full of beauty, music and love	10
4363305977	Personification	Treating an abstraction or nonhuman subject as if it were a person by endowing it with human qualities.	11
4363305978	Point of View	The perspective, the vantage point from which the story is told: 1st, 2nd and 3rd person.	12
4363305979	Simile	A direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another, usually using the words like or as to draw a connection.	13
4363305980	Symbolism	A person, place, thing, event, or pattern in a work that designates itself and at the same time figuratively represents or stands for something else.	14
4363305981	Syntax	The way words are put together to form phrases, clauses and sentences.	15
4363305982	Technique	Is any of several methods the creator of a narrative used to convey what they want or to portray in the narrative.	16
4363305983	Theme	A generalized, abstract paraphrase of the inferred central or dominant idea or concern of a work, the statement a poem makes about its subject.	17
4363305984	Tone	The attitude a literary work takes towards its subject and theme; the tenor a piece of writing based on particular stylistic devices employed by the writer.	18
4363305985	Diction	The specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose or effect.	19