AP Literature Literary Terms Flashcards

2824058751	Allusion	a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, or thing of some significance; reference	0
2824058752	Analogy	a comparison of two objects which are not alike	1
2824058753	Anti-Hero	character that has characteristics opposite to a conventional hero	2
2824058754	Apostrophe	a figure of speech addressing a non-existent person or an abstract idea	3
2824058755	Archetype	a character, action, or situation which represents the universal patterns of human nature	4
2824058756	Allegory	when abstract ideas are described in terms of characters, figures and events	5
2824058757	Assonance	repetition of the same vowel sound but do not share the same consonant	6
2824058758	Anaphora	repetition of the first part of a sentence	7
2824058759	Bildungsroman	a novel which focuses on the psychological and moral growth of its main character	8
2824058760	Connotation	refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly; secondary meaning to a word	9
2824058761	Consonance	repetitive sounds from consonants	10
2824058762	Characterization	a literary device used to explain the details about a character	11
2824058763	Conflict	literary element involving a struggle between two forces	12
2824058764	Denotation	literal meanings of words in contrast to its connotative meanings	13
2824058765	Dialect	the language used by people in a specific area (a group of people)	14
2824058766	Dialogue	when two or more characters have a conversation	15
2824058767	Diction	style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words	16
2824058768	Euphemism	polite, indirect expressions replaces words considered harsh or impolite	17
2824058769	Extended metaphor	a comparison between two unlike objects that continues throughout a series of sentences	18
2824058770	Flashback	interruptions in writing to explain an earlier occurrence	19
2824058771	Figurative language	language where figures of speech are used to make it effective	20
2824058772	Foreshadowing	when the writer hints of what is to come	21
2824058773	Foil	a character with qualities that are different from another character and highlight the other characters traits	22
2824058774	Genre	a type of art, literature, or music categorized by style	23
2824058775	Hyperbole	an exaggeration	24
2824058776	Hubris	extreme arrogance in a character which brings him to downfall	25
2824058777	Hamartia	a personal error in a protagonist's personality which brings him to a downfall	26
2824058778	Irony	when words are used to mean something different than their actual meaning; difference between appearance and reality	27
2824058779	Idiom	expression containing two or more words	28
2824058780	Imagery	to use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas so it appeals to physical senses	29
2824058781	Juxtaposition	a literary technique when two or more ideas, places, characters placed side by side to compare and contrast	30
2824058782	Metaphor	making a comparison between two opposite ideas or objects	31
2824058783	Myth	a story usually containing an event or hero, with or without factual explainations	32
2824058784	Monologue	a speech a character presents to show his/her thoughts aloud	33
2824058785	Mood	a literary element which evokes certain feelings from the reader	34
2824058786	Metonymy	a figure of speech which replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else which it is closely related to	35
2824058787	Motif	object or idea that repeats itself	36
2824058788	Narrative	report of related events arranged in a logical order	37
2824058789	Omniscient	a story in third person so the narrator know the feelings and thoughts of all the characters	38
2824058790	Persona	a voice which represents the thoughts of the writer	39
2824058791	Personification	when something is given human attributes	40
2824058792	Pathetic fallacy	literary device which gives inanimate objects of nature human qualities and emotions	41
2824058793	Paradox	a statement which is self-contradictory	42
2824058794	Point of view	way of considering things, which shows us the opinion, or feelings of the individuals involved	43
2824058795	Prose	a form of language that has no formal metrical structure	44
2824058796	Repetion	repeats a word or phrase to make it clearer	45
2824058797	Setting	where something takes place	46
2824058798	Symbolism	using symbols to signify qualities that are different from their original traits	47
2824058799	Simile	comparison using 'like' or 'as'	48
2824058800	Syntax	set of rules in a language	49
2824058801	Synecdoche	literary device where a part of something represents a whole or a whole represents a part	50
2824058802	Theme	main idea that can be stated directly or indirectly	51
2824058803	Tone	attitude of a writer	52
2824058804	Trope	figure of speech when writers express words differently than their original meanings	53
2824058805	Verisimilitude	likeness to a truth; true or real	54
2882932797	Dash and Hyphen	-used to prepare list, restatement *use to indicate compound numbers, add prefixes, avoid confusion	55
2882934902	Ellipsis and Parentheses	-three spaced periods (. . .) -indicates you have deleted material from a quotation -do not use ellipsis mark before or after quotations use to enclose supplemental material, afterthoughts use sparingly *use to enclose letters or numbers labeling items in a series	56
2882936254	Apostrophes	-avoid using for plurals -show possession and contraction	57
2882937567	Commas	-don't use to many -use to separate items, to setoff words in direct address, to avoid confusion	58
2882939619	Semi-Colons and Colons	-used to join complete sentences not joined by conjunctions *used to announce a list, explanation, or a question and for conventional items	59
2882940913	Titles	-underlining and italics are used for titles such as of movies, books, magazines, albums, plays -quotation marks are used for titles within published work	60
2882940914	Pronoun Agreement	-if talking about one person, maintain the singular pronoun reference -if gender is unknown: +use he of she +refer to as plural +rewrite sentence	61
2882943328	Subject-Verb Agreement	must agree in number	62
2882946019	Comma Splices and Run-Ons	AVOID BOTH -joining two sentences with a comma *joining two sentences without punctuation	63
2882946020	Fragments	AVOID sentences must have a subject, verb, and complete thought	64
2882948075	Verb Tense and Tense Agreement	past: actions in the past present: actions occurring at the time of speaking future: actions to come past perfect: actions completed by the time of another past action present perfect: actions completed by the time of present future perfect: actions completed before the future	65
2882949407	Literature Tense	when writing about literature, write in the present tense	66
2882949435	Parallel Constructions	-use to express parallel ideas -balance in a series -use correlative conjunctions	67
2882951652	Placement of Modifiers	-should point clearly to the words they modify -avoid using if they aren't logical in the sentence	68
2882951653	Pronoun Reference	-avoid unclear pronoun reference +Ambiguous reference: when the pronoun could refer to two possible antecedents +Implied reference: when the pronoun refers to a word that is not in the sentence +Vague reference (this, that, which, it): these need to refer to specific nouns +Indefinite reference (they, it, you): these need to refer to specific nouns	69