Ap Literature Terms 2017-2018 Flashcards

7086999132	1. Allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.	0
7087001636	2. Alliteration	The repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed by each other.	1
7087002636	3. Allusion	A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from history, literature, sports, government, etc.	2
7087003146	4. Ambiguity	expression that can be understood in two or more possible ways	3
7087003147	5. Analogy	a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar	4
7087004292	6. Anaphora	repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect.	5
7087005984	7. Anecdote	A short story used to illustrate a point the author is making	6
7087005985	8. Antihero	central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes; may lack courage, grace, or moral scrupules	7
7087006496	9. Antithesis	balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure	8
7087006497	10. Apostrophe	calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea	9
7087007974	11. Archetype	the original pattern or model of which all things of a similar nature are copies; ex- the hero- the courageous figure who saves the day	10
7087008297	12. Assonance	A type of internal rhyming in which vowel souds are repeated	11
7087008298	13. Bildungsroman	a special kind of novel that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of its main character from his or her youth to adulthood	12
7087009144	14. Catharsis	an emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal or achieve a state of liberation from anxiety and stress.	13
7087009145	15. Conceit	an elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different; often an extended metaphor	14
7087010605	16. Connotation	the associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase, in addition to its strict dictionary definition	15
7087011406	17. Consonance	repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase. This repetition often takes place in quick succession such as in pitter, patter	16
7087011407	18. Diction	An author's choice of words	17
7087012519	19. Elegy	A work that expresses sorrow	18
7087013202	20. Enjambment	to step over or put legs across. In poetry it means moving over from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark. It can be defined as a thought or sense, phrase or clause in a line of poetry that does not come to an end at the line break but moves over to the next line	19
7087013203	21. Ethos	Refers to generally ethics, or values	20
7087013596	22. Foil	a character who acts as contrast to another character	21
7087013597	23. Free verse	poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme	22
7087014716	24. Hubris	a typical flaw in the personality of a character who enjoys a powerful position; as a result of which, he overestimates his capabilities to such an extent that he loses contact with reality	23
7087014717	25. Hyperbole	An over exaggeration used for affect.	24
7087016891	26. Irony (situational, verbal, and dramatic)	A contrast of what is expected and what really happens.	25
7087017470	27. Juxtaposition	When two contrasting things are placed next to each other for comparison	26
7087017471	28. Litotes	form of understatement in which the positive form is emphasized through the negation of the negative form	27
7087018200	29. Metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	28
7087018201	30. Monologue	the speech or verbal presentation that a single character presents in order to express his/her collection of thoughts and ideas aloud	29
7087018765	31. Motif	a recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation used throughout a work (or in several works by one author), unifying the work by tying the current situation to previous ones, or new ideas to the theme	30
7087018766	32. Onomatopoeia	Words that sound like their meaning	31
7087019589	33. Oxymoron	A combination of two words that seem to contradict each other.	32
7087019590	34. Paradox	A statement in which a seeming contradiction may reveal an unexpected truth.	33
7087020367	35. Parody	An effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing a comic imitation of the work	34
7087020368	36. Pathos	A sympathetic feeling of pity or compassion evoked by an artistic work	35
7087021637	37. Point of View	The particular perspective from which a story is told	36
7087021638	38. Protagonist	The main character or hero of the story.	37
7087024038	39. Proverb	a short saying that is widely used to express an obvious truth. An example of proverb is "Practice makes perfect."	38
7087024039	40. Rhyme Scheme	a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza. The rhyme scheme, or pattern, can be identified by giving end words that rhyme with each other the same letter.	39
7087024533	41. Satire (Juvenalian and Horatian)	To ridicule or mock ideas, persons, events, or doctrines. used to point out foolishness in the political arena, or in relation to government policy.	40
7087024534	42. Soliloquy	a long speech made by a character in a play while no other characters are on stage	41
7087025275	43. Stream of Consciousness	a style of writing that portrays the inner (often chaotic) workings of a character's mind	42
7087025276	44. Synecdoche	a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part.	43
7087027622	45. Theme	the insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work	44
7087108015	Situational Irony	events that turn out to be the opposite from what one had expected	45
7087109254	Verbal Irony	when someone says the opposite of what they really feel or mean	46
7087111831	Dramatic Irony	situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.	47
7087159006	Juvenalian Satire	angry and personal, attempting to produce anger in the reader. Attacks human vice-indignant	48
7087160715	Horatian Satire	witty and tolerant. Gently criticizes human nature and human folly	49