ap English literature Flashcards

4648782363	allegory	the device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meanin	0
4648783841	Alliteration	the repetion of sounds, especially inital constant sounds in two or more neighboring words	1
4648784704	Allusion	a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place or work of art	2
4648785166	4. Ambiguity	the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence or passage	3
4648785609	5. Analogy	a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them	4
4648785610	6. Anaphora	one of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses or sentences	5
4648786266	7. Anecdote	a short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event	6
4648786267	8. Antihero	a protagonist (main character) who is markedly unheroic: morally weak, cowardly, dishonest etc...	7
4648788147	9. Antithesis	A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.	8
4648786616	10. Apostrophe	when a speaker breaks off from addressing one party and instead addresses a third party	9
4648786617	11. Archetype	a typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature	10
4648788498	12. Assonance	n poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel in non-rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for an echo effect	11
4648788842	13. Catharsis	the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.	12
4648788843	14. Conceit	a fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor	13
4648789912	15. Connotation	a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly	14
4648789913	16. Consonance	the recurrence of similar sounds, such as consonants, in close proximity	15
4648790708	17. Diction	word choice; also called syntax	16
4648790709	18. Elegy	a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead	17
4648791790	19. Enjambment	practice of running lines of poetry from one to the next without using any kind of punctuation to indicate a stop	18
4648791791	20. Ethos	appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader	19
4648792217	21. Foil	a character who, by contrast, highlights the characteristics of another character	20
4648794453	22. Free verse	poetry that is written without a regular meter, usually without ryme	21
4648794454	23. Hubris	in Greek tragedies, excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis	22
4648794776	24. Hyperbole	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally	23
4648794777	25. Irony (situational, verbal, and dramatic)	-when incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead - person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning -irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.	24
4648795079	26. juxtaposition	echnique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts	25
4648795577	27. Litotes	figure of speech which employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions.	26
4648795578	28. Metonymy	the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant	27
4648796032	29. Monologue	he speech or verbal presentation that a single character presents in order to express his/her collection of thoughts and ideas aloud	28
4648796904	30. Motif	any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story	29
4648796905	31. Onomatopoeia	the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named; cuckoo; sizzle	30
4648798169	32. Oxymoron	a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunctio	31
4648798170	33. Paradox	a statement or proposition that leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory	32
4648798718	34. Parody	an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect	33
4648798719	35. Pathos	appeal to the emotions of an audience	34
4648799550	37. Point of View	the perspective from which a story is presented	35
4648799551	38. Protagonist	the leading character or one of the major characters in a literary work	36
4648800296	39. Proverb	a brief, simple and popular saying, or a phrase that gives advice and effectively embodies a commonplace truth based on practical experience or common sense	37
4648800297	40. Rhyme Scheme	a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza.	38
4648800939	41. Satire (Juvenalian and Horatian)	-addresses social evil through scorn, outrage, and savage ridicule. This form is often pessimistic, characterized by irony, sarcasm, moral indignation and personal invective, with less emphasis on humor. - Satire in which the voice is indulgent, tolerant, amused, and witty.	39
4648800940	42. Soliloquy	an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play	40
4648801459	43. Stream of Consciousness	similar to first person, but places the reader in the character's head	41
4648801460	44. Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	42
4648801954	45. Theme	the central idea or message of a literary work	43