AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 7245270885 | Antithesis | the juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas | 0 | |
| 7245274727 | Antagonist | any force that is in opposition to the main character | 1 | |
| 7245282048 | Couplet | two rhyming lines of iambic pentameter that together present a single idea or connection | 2 | |
| 7245284862 | Formal Diction | language that is lofty, dignified, and impersonal | 3 | |
| 7245286336 | Conceit | a comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature; in particular, an extended metaphor within a poem | 4 | |
| 7245288937 | Informal Diction | language that is not as lofty or impersonal as formal diction; similar to everyday speech | 5 | |
| 7245291511 | Consonance | the repetition of a sequence of two or more consonants, but with a change in the intervening vowels | 6 | |
| 7245292368 | Allegory | a prose or poetic narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance; often is a universal symbol or personified abstraction | 7 | |
| 7245296100 | Tone | the attitude a literary work takes toward its subject and theme | 8 | |
| 7245297360 | Connotation | what is suggested by a word, apart from what it explictly describes | 9 | |
| 7245305727 | Protagonist | the main character in a work who may or may not be heroic | 10 | |
| 7245307130 | Shakespearean Sonnet | a sonnet form divided into three quatrains and one couplet; also called an English sonnet | 11 | |
| 7245308387 | Speaker | the person, not necessarily the author, who is the voice of the poem | 12 |