AP Literature Weekly Vocabulary Flashcards

7811468957	allegory	The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. Usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about human existence.	0
7811509889	alliteration	The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words (as in "she sells sea shells").	1
7811540708	allusion	A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art.	2
7811583996	ambiguity	The multiple meaning, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.	3
7811594749	analogy	A similarity of comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.	4
7811614216	antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.	5
7811673300	antithesis	The opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite.	6
7811681866	aphorism	A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth o a moral principle.	7
7811706078	apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personifies abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone o something that cannot answer.	8
7811746027	atmosphere	The emotional nod created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. Perhaps it can create a mood.	9
7811791627	caricature	A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics.	10
7811809689	clause	A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. An independent, or main, clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent, or subordinate clause, cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by and independent clause.	11