AP Literature Vocabulary Words Flashcards

4737267955	1st Person Point of View	Told from the narrator's perspective using I-me-my-mine in his or her speech.	0
4737267956	3rd Person Point of View/Limited	Characters are referred to as "he" and "she." The narrator is not a character in the story.	1
4737267957	3rd Person Omniscient	The narrator knows everything; all thoughts, feelings, and actions of the characters in the story.	2
4737267958	2nd Person Point of View	The narrator tells the story to another character using you, your, you're.	3
4737267959	Allegory	A figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures and events.	4
4737267960	Alliteration	The repetition of a beginning consonant sound in a phrase or a sentence.	5
4737267961	Allusion	A reference to a well-known person, event, or place from history, music, art, or another literary work.	6
4737267962	Amplification	The writer embellishes the sentence by adding more information to it in order to increase its worth and understandability.	7
4737267963	Analogy	Establishes a relationship based on similarities between two concepts or ideas.	8
4737267964	Anaphora	The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of two or more lines or clauses.	9
4737267965	Anagram	Word play in which letters of a word or phrase are rearranged in such a way that a new word or phrase is formed usually aimed at parodying, criticizing or praising its subject.	10
4737267966	Anastrophe	The order of the noun and the adjective in the sentence is exchanged to create a dramatic effect.	11
4737267967	Anthropomorphism	Attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object.	12
4737267968	Aside	An actor's speech, directed to the audience, that is not heard by other actors on stage. Usually a brief comment rather than a speech.	13
4737267969	Assonance	The repetition of vowel sounds in words near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible.	14
4737267970	Aphorism	A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner.	15
4737267971	Asyndeton	Purposefully leaves out conjunctions in the sentence, while maintaining the grammatical accuracy of the phrase.	16
4737267972	Bibliomancy	Prediction of the future by interpreting a bible verse or any religious text for reference.	17
4737267973	Cacophony	The use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing and unmelodious sounds primarily those of consonants to achieve desired results.	18
4737267974	Caesura	A dramatic pause, which has a strong impact, two separate parts in a sentence that are distinguishable from one another yet intrinsically linked to one another.	19
4737267975	Chiasmus	The order of the terms in the first of two parallel clauses is reversed in the second clause.	20
4737267976	Connotation	The implied meaning of a word, the associated and emotional overtones attached to a word.	21
4737267977	Colloquialism	The use of informal words or phrases.	22
4737267978	Circumlocution	The use of long and complex sentences in order to convey a meaning that could have been conveyed through a shorter, much simpler sentence; often leaving the reader guessing at the actual meaning. Synonym: periphrasis	23
4737267979	Denotation	The literal meaning of a word.	24
4737267980	Consonance	Repetitive consonant sounds produced within a sentence or phrase.	25
4737267981	Diacope	Repetition of a word or phrase with one or more words between the repetition.	26
4737267982	Dramatic Irony	The reader or audience knows more about the circumstances or future events in a story than the characters within it.	27
4737267983	Epilogue	A section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened. "	28
4737267984	Epithet	Describes a place, a thing or a person in such a way that it helps in making the characteristics of a person, thing or place more prominent.	29
4737267985	Euphemism	A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.	30
4737267986	Euphony	Harmonious combination of words.	31
4737267987	Fable	A short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters.	32
4737267988	Flashback	Interruptions inserted of past events in order to provide background or context to the current events of a narrative.	33
4737267989	Faulty Parallelism	Lack of balance in grammatical forms; dissimilar or unequal weight	34
4737267990	Foil	A character whose actions or thoughts are juxtaposed against those of a major character in order to highlight key attributes of the major character.	35
4737267991	Hyperbole	Exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.	36
4737267992	Foreshadowing	An advance hint of what is to come later in the story.	37
4737267993	Hypophora	A writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question.	38
4737267994	Imagery	Figurative language used to create a picture that appeals to the senses or creates visual representation.	39
4737267995	Irony	An outcome of events opposite to what was, or might have been, expected to happen.	40
4737267996	Juxtaposition	Placing two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions side by side for the purpose of comparing and contrasting.	41
4737267997	Internal Rhyme	Middle words and end words rhyme with each other.	42
4737267998	Kenning	Anglo-Saxon or Old English literary convention, a compound expression used in place of a name or noun.	43
4737267999	Monologue	Dramatic speech delivered by a single character in a play.	44
4737268000	Metonymy	Replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is merely associated but is not necessarily physically a part of it. metonymy = merely associated	45
4737268001	Litotes	An intentional use of understatement that renders an ironical effect	46
4737268002	Malapropism	The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one.	47
4737268003	Motif	A recurrent image, symbol, theme, character type, subject, or narrative detail that becomes a unifying element in a work.	48
4737268004	Onomatopoeia	Words whose sound suggests their meaning.	49
4737268005	Oxymoron	Words that appear to contradict each other.	50
4737268006	Nemesis	A rival, a person or thing that causes one to fail., often seen as undefeatable. A nemesis may be an inner or outer force.	51
4737268007	Parallelism	Using the same pattern of words or similar grammatical structure to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.	52
4737268008	Parable	A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson.	53
4737268009	Paradox	A statement that appears to be selfcontradictory but may prove to be true.	54
4737268010	Pathetic Fallacy	Attributing human emotion and action to nature, a type of personification	55
4737268011	Polysyndeton	Using conjunctions or connecting words frequently in a sentence, placed very close to one another.	56
4737268012	Periphrasis	The use of excessive language and surplus words to convey a meaning that could otherwise be conveyed with fewer words. Synonym: circumlocution .	57
4737268013	Portmanteau	Two or more words are joined together to coin a new word.	58
4737268014	Prologue	A separate introductory section of a literary or musical work.	59
4737268015	Satire	Making fun of a human weakness or character flaw. Even though satire might be humorous, its purpose is to derive a reaction of contempt from the reader.	60
4737268016	Pun	A play on words in which a humorous effect is produced by using a word that suggests two or more meanings.	61
4737268017	Simile	A comparison between unlike things using the words "like" or "as."	62
4737268018	Situational Irony	When an event contradicts the expectations of the characters or the reader.	63
4737268019	Symbolism	The use of an object, person, situation, or word to represent, stand for, or suggest an idea, image, belief, or action.	64
4737268020	Soliloquy	When a character speaks to himself or herself, relating thoughts and feelings, sharing thoughts with the audience	65
4737268021	Spoonerism	Interchanging the first letters of some words in order to create new words.	66
4737268023	Synecdoche	When the representative thing is actually a part of the larger thing it is representing; uses a part of something to refer to the whole or uses an entire thing to represent a part of it.	67
4737268024	Synesthesia	A technique used to present ideas, characters or places in such a manner that they appeal to more than one senses at a time.	68
4737268025	Syntax	The way in which words and sentences are placed together in writing to convey a certain meaning.	69
4737268026	Verbal Irony	Occurs when a speaker or narrator says one thing while meaning the opposite.	70