AP Literature Group 1 Flashcards

7519229926	Allegory	the device of using character and/or story elements to symbolically represent an abstraction in addition to literal meaning	0
7519245001	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words	1
7519249287	Allusion	A direct or indirect reference to something which is commonly known (ex: book, myth, place, artwork)	2
7519261903	Ambiguity	Multiple meanings of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage	3
7519272084	Analogy	Comparison between two different things or the relationship between them to show their similarity	4
7519291293	Anaphora	One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences (ex: I came, I saw, I conquered)	5
7519299815	Anecdote	A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event; an incident in the life of a person	6
7519377073	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun (The boy had lost his shoe - "boy" is the antecedent and "his" is the pronoun)	7
7519405211	Antithesis	Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel grammatical structure	8
7519425563	Aphorism	A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle (ex: Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead)	9
7519445091	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love; an address to someone or something that cannot answer	10
7519489796	Asyndeton	Omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses (ex: leaving out "and" in a long list of things)	11
7519506350	Atmosphere	The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and by the author's choice of objects that are described	12
7525903477	Chiasmus	Two successive phrases or clauses that are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words (Greek for "criss-cross".) (Ex: Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country)	13
7525994906	Clause	A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. An independent clause stands alone. A dependent or subordinate clause cannot stand alone.	14
7526067127	Colloquialism	The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing	15
7526079297	Conceit	A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects.	16
7526273292	Connotation	The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning.	17