AP Literature Terms Flashcards
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| 7269905201 | allegory (n) | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. Ex: Animal Farm, animals are equal but a few are more equal than others. Russians Communist Revolution. | 0 | |
| 7269905202 | Alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Ex: a red transport truck is in front of a roadside restaurant. Grapes of Wrath. | 1 | |
| 7269905203 | allusion (n) | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as a book, event, myth, place, work of art. Ex: catcher in the Rye alluded to Jay Gatsby | 2 | |
| 7269905204 | Ambiguity (n) | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of word, phrase, sentence, or passage. Ex: Catcher in the Rye, Holden's age Moby Dick, the whale | 3 | |
| 7269905205 | analogy (n) | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. Ex: Romeo and Juliet act 2 scene 2, Romeo compares Juliet to a rose. | 4 | |
| 7269905206 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. Ex: Grapes of Wrath, when the Joads talk about the machines and those in charge they refer to them as they or monsters. | 5 | |
| 7269905207 | Antithesis | a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else Ex: Mark Twain uses Jim in Huckleberry Finn to illustrate the advantages of slavery and it's social goodness. | 6 | |
| 7269905208 | Aphorism | A thesis statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle Ex: Fitzgerald uses aphorism to make things symbolic in the Great Gatsby and states "time is money" or "the early bird catches the worm". | 7 | |
| 7269905209 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman such as liberty or love Ex: o sinner! In the Crucible | 8 | |
| 7269905210 | Atmosphere | The emotional rod created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the authors choice of objects that are described. Ex: The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe. Hears tapping on the door but when he opens it finds nothing but darkness making it fearful. | 9 | |
| 7269905211 | Caricature | A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a persons distinctive physical features or other characteristics. Ex: | 10 |