AP Literature Terms Flashcards

4088216012	alliteration	repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together (mean manager)	0
4088219327	allusion	reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture --> indirect reference to someone	1
4088223347	ambiguity	deliberately suggesting 2 or more different/conflicting meanings in a work	2
4088225509	anaphora	repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or some sentences in a row	3
4088230014	anastrophe	inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence	4
4088231032	anecdote	brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something	5
4088237452	antimetabole	repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order	6
4088242555	apostrophe	calling out to an abstract idea "oh rose!"	7
4088251174	conceit	an elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are different	8
4088254439	couplet	two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry	9
4088256465	elegy	poem of mourning	10
4088258883	epigraph	quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme	11
4088262075	hyperbole	a figure of speech that uses incredible exaggeration for effect... I am so hungry I could eat a horse.	12
4088264637	juxtaposition	poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas are placed next to each other	13
4088268434	oxymoron	a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase "pretty ugly"	14
4088272615	onomatopoeia	use of words whose sounds echo their sense "zap"	15
4088274923	motif	recurring image, word, phrase, action or situation used throughout a work	16
4088279084	parable	short story that teaches moral	17
4088279675	paradox	a statement that appears self contradictory but reveals truth	18
4088283633	personification	figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts & attitudes	19
4088287134	rhetoric	art of effective communication--> persuasive discourse	20
4088289305	satire	type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring change	21
4088297449	assonance	focuses on vowel sounds in a phrase and repeats them for effect.... "Men sell the wedding bells."	22
4088299771	irony	figure of speech that uses a word in a literal sense that debunks what has been said	23
4088303154	simile	two things compared but not really the same with word "like"	24
4088304694	metaphor	two things compared but not really the same	25
4088305127	metonymy	one word has similar meaning can be used for another "The Oval Office was busy in work. ("The Oval Office" stands for people at work in the office.)"	26
4088308055	synecdoche	one thing is made to represent a whole "ABC's", "lend a hand"	27
4088308919	antithesis	contradiction that pits 2 ideas against each other in a balanced way	28
4088310692	euphemism	words that are used to soften the message "passed away"	29
4088316165	syntax	way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses and sentences	30
4088319850	denotation	strict definition of a word	31
4088320775	connotation	associative meaning of a word: the applied/suggested meaning	32
4358764019	consonance	repetition of a pattern with changes in the intervening vowels.. pitter patter" or in "all mammals named Sam are clammy"	33
4358777352	litotes	intentional understatement... "They do not seem the happiest couple around."	34
4358906555	sonnet	fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, which employ one of several rhyme schemes and adhere to a tightly structured thematic organization .. ABOUT LOVE	35