AP Literature Flashcards

4147566967	Allusion	A reference to a person, place or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea	0
4386153754	Allegory	A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic, metaphorical or possibly an ethical meaning	1
4386153755	Alliteration	The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose	2
4386153756	Ambiguity	A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation	3
4386153758	Analogy	A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things	4
4386153761	Antithesis	A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words, clauses or sentences	5
4386153764	Archetype	An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original or form	6
4386153765	Assonance	The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prose	7
4147566969	Ballad	A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung and recited	8
4147566971	Bathos	The use of insincere or overdone sentimentally	9
4147566972	Bibliography	A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a subject or other work	10
4147566974	Blank verse	Poetry written in iambic pentameter, the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton	11
4202077009	End rhyme	The repetition of identical sounds at the end of successive lines	12
4202077018	Classic	A highly regarded work of literature or other art form that had withstood the test of time	13
4202204133	Climax	The high point, or turning point, of a story or play.	14
4212997884	Coming of age story/ novel	A tale in which a young protagonist experiences an introduction to adulthood	15
4212997886	Connotation	The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase	16
4212997887	Consonance	The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a grounding words or a line of poetry	17
4212997889	Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word	18
4213053609	Dénouement	The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction	19
4213144275	Diction	The choice of words in speech and writing	20
4213269392	Dramatic irony	A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character	21
4213269393	Elegy	A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value	22
4214485957	Empathy	A feeling of association or identification with an object or person	23
4214485960	Epic	An extended narrative poem that tells of the adventures and exploits of a hero that is generally larger than life and is often considered a legendary figure	24
4214485961	Epigram	A concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement	25
4214591896	Eponymous	A term for the title character of a work of literature	26
4214591899	Exposition	The background and events that read to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature	27
4214607347	Fable	A short take often featuring nonhuman characters that act as people whose actions enable the author to make observations or draw useful lessons from human behavior	28
4214873325	Fantasy	A story containing unreal, imaginary features	29
4214938791	Figure of speech, figurative language	In contrast to literal languages, this implies meanings. Includes metaphors, similes, and personification among many others	30
4214938792	First person narrative	A narrative told by a character involved in a story idiot first person pronouns such as I and we	31
4215038757	Flashback	A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances	32
4215038758	Foil	A minor character whose personality or attitude contrasts with that of the main character	33
4215038760	Foreshadowing	Providing hints of things to come in a story or play	34
4215038761	Frame	A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative	35
4215038762	Free verse	A kind of poetry without rhymed lines , rhythm, or fixed mete rival feet	36
4215038763	Genre	A term used to describe literary forms	37
4386153770	Hyperbole	Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect	38
4386153772	Image	A word or phrase representing that which can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled, or felt	39
4386153774	Indirect quotation	A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased	40
4386153775	Irony	A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or light sarcasm; a state of affairs or events that is the reverse of what might have been expected	41
4386153780	Loose sentence	A sentence that follows the customary word order of English sentences	42
4386153781	Lyric poetry	Personal reflective poetry that reveals the speakers thoughts and feelings about the subject	43
4386153783	Melodrama	A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response	44
4386153784	Metaphor	A figure of speech that compares unlike objects	45
4386153786	Meter	The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry	46
4386153792	Mood	The emotional tone in a work of literature evoked through the authors diction, choice of details, themes, settings, events and more	47
4386153793	Moral	A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature	48
4411599344	Myth	An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or socieyy	49
4411599345	Narrative	A form of verse or prose that tells a story, often with a beginning, middle and end	50
4411599346	Ode	A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful and exalted feelings toward the subject	51
4411599347	Omniscient narrator	A narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding and insight of characters, setting, background and all other elements of the sykry	52
4411599348	Onomatopeia	The use of words whose sounds suggest meaning	53
4411599349	Oxymoron	A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect	54
4411599350	Paradox	A statement that seems self contradictory but is nevertheless true	55
4411599351	Paraphrase	A version of text put into simple everyday words	56
4411599352	Periodic sentence	A sentence that departs from the usually word order of English sentences by expressing its main thought only at the end	57
4411599353	Personification	A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characterisyics	58
4411599354	Plot	The interrelationship among the events in a story	59
4411599355	Point of view	The relation in which a narrator of speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem	60
4411599356	Protagonist	Main character in a work of literature	61
4411599357	Pun	A humorous play on words using similar sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings	62
4411599358	Realism	The depiction of people, things, and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect	63
4411599359	Rhetoric	The language of a work and it style; words, often highly emotional, used to convince or sway an audience	64
4411599360	Rhetorical question	A question that has the expected answer built in so that it either requires no response or the response is self evident	65
4411599361	Rhetorical stance	Language that conveys a speakers attitudes or opinion with regard to a particular subjecy	66
4411599362	Rhyme	The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals, used mostly in poetry	67
4411599363	Rhyme scheme	The pattern of rhymes within a given poem	68
4411599364	Rhythm	The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry	69
4411599365	Satire	A literary style used to poke fun at , attack or ridicule an idea vice or foible often for purpose of inducing change	70
4411599366	Setting	The total environment for the action in a novel or play	71
4411599367	Simile	A figurative comparison using the words like or as	72
4411599368	Sonnet	A popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme	73
4411599369	Stanza	A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter, rhyme or some other plan	74
4411599370	Style	The manner in which an author uses and arranges words, shapes ideas, forms sentences and creates a structure to convey ideas	75
4411599371	Subplot	A subordinate or minor collection of events Ina novel or play, usually connected to the main plot	76
4411599372	Symbolism	The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of original object	77
4411599373	Syntax	The arrangement of the words in a sentence	78
4411599374	Theme	The main idea or Meaning, often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built	79
4411599375	Tone	The authors attitude toward the subject being written about	80
4411599376	Tragedy	A form of Literature in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw and a set of force that cause th hero considerable anguish	81
4411599377	Verse	A synonym for poetry	82
4411599378	Voice	The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker	83
4386376800	Myth	An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or socieyy	84
4386376801	Narrative	A form of verse or prose that tells a story, often with a beginning, middle and end	85
4386376802	Ode	A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful and exalted feelings toward the subject	86
4386376803	Omniscient narrator	A narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding and insight of characters, setting, background and all other elements of the sykry	87
4386376804	Onomatopeia	The use of words whose sounds suggest meaning	88
4386376805	Oxymoron	A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect	89
4386376806	Paradox	A statement that seems self contradictory but is nevertheless true	90
4386376807	Paraphrase	A version of text put into simple everyday words	91
4386376808	Periodic sentence	A sentence that departs from the usually word order of English sentences by expressing its main thought only at the end	92
4386376809	Personification	A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characterisyics	93
4386376810	Plot	The interrelationship among the events in a story	94
4386376811	Point of view	The relation in which a narrator of speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem	95
4386376812	Protagonist	Main character in a work of literature	96
4386376813	Pun	A humorous play on words using similar sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings	97
4386376814	Realism	The depiction of people, things, and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect	98
4386376815	Rhetoric	The language of a work and it style; words, often highly emotional, used to convince or sway an audience	99
4386376816	Rhetorical question	A question that has the expected answer built in so that it either requires no response or the response is self evident	100
4386376817	Rhetorical stance	Language that conveys a speakers attitudes or opinion with regard to a particular subjecy	101
4386376818	Rhyme	The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals, used mostly in poetry	102
4386376819	Rhyme scheme	The pattern of rhymes within a given poem	103
4386376820	Rhythm	The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry	104
4386376821	Satire	A literary style used to poke fun at , attack or ridicule an idea vice or foible often for purpose of inducing change	105
4386376822	Setting	The total environment for the action in a novel or play	106
4386376823	Simile	A figurative comparison using the words like or as	107
4386376824	Sonnet	A popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme	108
4386376825	Stanza	A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter, rhyme or some other plan	109
4386376826	Style	The manner in which an author uses and arranges words, shapes ideas, forms sentences and creates a structure to convey ideas	110
4386376827	Subplot	A subordinate or minor collection of events Ina novel or play, usually connected to the main plot	111
4386376828	Symbolism	The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of original object	112
4386376829	Syntax	The arrangement of the words in a sentence	113
4386376830	Theme	The main idea or Meaning, often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built	114
4386376831	Tone	The authors attitude toward the subject being written about	115
4386376832	Tragedy	A form of Literature in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw and a set of force that cause th hero considerable anguish	116
4386376833	Verse	A synonym for poetry	117
4386376834	Voice	The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker	118