AP Literature Key Terms Flashcards

2826195035	Allusion	A reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well known historical or literary event, person, or work	0
2826195036	Attitude	The disposition toward or opinion of a subject by a speaker, author, or character	1
2826195037	Details (choice of details)	Details are the individual items of parts that make up a larger picture or story	2
2826195038	Devices of sound	The techniques of deploying the sound of words, especially in poetry	3
2826195039	Diction	Word choice	4
2826195040	Figurative language	Writing that uses figures of speech, such as metaphor, simile, and irony	5
2826195041	Imagery	The images created by a literary work; the sensory details of a work; the figurative language of a work	6
2826195042	Irony	A figure of speech in which the intended meaning and the actual meaning differ, characteristically using praise to indicate blame or using blame to indicate praise; a pattern of words that turns away from direct statement of its own obvious meaning	7
2826195043	Metaphor	Figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparative term like "as", "like", or "than"	8
2826195044	Narrative techniques	The methods involved in telling a story; the procedures used by a writer of stories or accounts	9
2826195045	Omniscient point of view	The vantage point of a story in which the narrator can know, see, and report whatever he or she chooses	10
2826195046	Point of view	Any of several possible vantage points from which a story is told	11
2826195047	Resources of language	A general phrase for the linguistic device or techniques that a writer can use	12
2826195048	Rhetorical techniques	Devices used in effective or persuasive language	13
2826195049	Satire	Writing that uses ridicule to arouse a reader's disapproval	14
2826195050	Setting	Background of a story; the physical location of a play, story, or novel	15
2826195051	Simile	A directly expressed comparison; a figure of speech comparing two objects, usually with "like", "as", or "than"	16
2826195052	Strategy	Management of language for a specific event	17
2826195053	Structure	Arrangement of materials within a work; the relationship of the parts of a work to the whole; the logical divisions of a work	18
2826195054	Style	The mode of expression in language; the characteristic manner of expression of an author	19
2826195055	Symbol	Something that is simultaneously itself and also a sign of something else	20
2826195056	Syntax	The structure of sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence	21
2826195057	Theme	The main thought expressed by a work	22
2826195058	Tone	The manner in which an author expresses his of her attitude; the intonation of the voice that expresses meaning	23