AP Literature (1) Flashcards

4563090661	Allegory	representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form	0
4563098599	Alliteration	repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a line of poetry	1
4563103761	Ambiguity	when an author leaves out details/info or is unclear about an event so the reader will use their imagination to fill in the blank	2
4563111347	Anaphora	repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines in poetry	3
4563114391	Anecdote	short story of joke told at the beginning of a speech to gain the audience's attention	4
4563117890	Antagonist	the protagonist's adversary	5
4563120806	Anti-Climatic	when the ending of the plot in poetry or prose is unfulfilled or lackluster	6
4563130660	Apostrophe	when a character speaks to a character or object that is not present or unable to respond	7
4563139920	Assonance	the repetition of the same vowel sound in a phrase or line of poetry	8
4563146125	Blank Verse	name for unrhymed iambic pentameter	9
4563151666	Climax	the turning point in the plot or the high point of action	10
4563159804	Colloquial Language	informal, controversial language	11
4563162751	Connotation	idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word of thing	12
4563167681	Convention	understanding between a reader and a writer about certain details of a story that doesn't have to be explained	13
4563175790	Consonance	repetition of consonant sounds in a phrase or line of poetry	14
4563180914	Couplet	two rhyming lines in poetry	15
4563191718	Deus ex machina	term that refers to a character or force that appears at the end of a story/play to help resolve conflict	16
4563205575	Diction	word choice or the use of words in speech or writing	17
4563208664	Denouement	final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot	18
4563213159	Doppelganger	alter ego of a character - the suppressed side of one's personality that is usually unaccepted by society	19
4563218141	Elegy	poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person	20
4563222509	Emotive Language	deliberate use of language by a writer to instill a feeling or visual	21
4563228530	Enjambment	continuation of reading one line of a poem to the next with no pause	22
4563232128	Epic	extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary/traditional hero	23
4563238701	Epilogue	a short poem/speech spoken directly to the audience following the conclusion of a play, or epilogue in a short explanation for a novel	24
4563261660	Epiphany	sudden enlightenment or realization, a profound new outlook/understanding about the world	25
4563276448	Epistolary	used to describe a novel that tells its story through letters written from one character to another	26
4563282328	Euphemism	the act of substituting a harsh, blunt, or offensive comment for a more politically accepted or positive one	27
4563295244	Euphony	succession of words which are pleasing to the ear	28
4563297668	Expansion	adds an unstressed syllable and a contraction or elision removes an unstressed syllable in order to maintain the rhythmic meter of a line	29