AP Literature Set 2 Flashcards

2866044772	alliteration	Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables	0
2866044773	diction	A speaker or writer's choice of words (formal, informal, colloquial, full of slang, poetic, ornate, plain, abstract, concrete, etc.); diction has a powerful effect on tone	1
2866044774	figurative language	A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words.	2
2866044775	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	3
2866044776	imagery	A technique a writer uses to create pictures in the reader's mind and to appeal to the senses of touch, taste, smell, or hearing.	4
2866044777	dramatic irony	..., In this type of irony, facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or a piece of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work	5
2866044778	irony	A contrast or discrepancy between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen.	6
2866044779	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	7
2866044780	cosmic irony	Type of irony where it seems that God or fate is manipulating events so as to inspire false hopes, which are inevitably dashed.	8
2866044781	metaphor	A comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as.	9
2866044782	narrator	A speaker or character who tells a story.	10
2866044783	first person	The narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts and feelings and what he or she sees and is told by other characters. He can't tell us thoughts of other characters.	11
2866044784	third person limited	Narrator is not a character, but sees the world through only one character's eyes and thoughts	12
2866044785	third person omniscient	Point of view in which a narrator, with a godlike knowledge, is privy to the thoughts and actions of any or all characters.	13
2866044786	second person	A point of view that directly addresses the reader by using "you"	14
2866044787	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	15
2866044788	setting	The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.	16
2866044789	simile	A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"	17
2866044790	tone	Attitudes and presuppositions of the author that are revealed by their linguistic choices (diction, syntax, rhetorical devices)	18