AP Literature Vocab (Unit 1) Flashcards
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| 4768182743 | allegory | (n) a narrative either in verse or prose, in which characters, action, & sometimes setting represent abstract concepts apart from the literal meaning of the story. | 0 | |
| 4768182744 | alliteration | (n) the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. | 1 | |
| 4768182745 | allusion | (n) a brief reference to a person, event, or place in history, or to a work of art/literature. | 2 | |
| 4768183131 | analogy | (n) a comparison made between two items, situations, or ideas that are somewhat alike but unlike in most respects. | 3 | |
| 4768183132 | anaphora | (n) figure of repetition that occurs when the first word or set of words in one sentence, clause, or phrase is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases. | 4 | |
| 4768183626 | antagonist | (n) a character in a story or play who opposes the chief character or protagonist. | 5 | |
| 4768185048 | apostrophe | (n) a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified quality, object or idea (ex: "Ode to the West Wind"). | 6 | |
| 4768185049 | archetype | (n) a character, an action, or situation that seems to represent common patterns of human life. It often includes a symbol, a theme, a setting, or a character that have a common meaning in an entire culture, or even the entire human race. (ex: "The cowboy is an American ________."). | 7 | |
| 4768185050 | aside | (n) in drama, a few words or a short passage spoken by one character to the audience while the other actors on stage pretend their characters cannot hear the speaker's words. | 8 | |
| 4768188416 | assonance | (n) the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in stressed syllables or words (ex: "Lighting fire is a sight."). | 9 | |
| 4768188417 | asyndeton | (n) the omission of conjunctions from constructions in which they would normally be used (ex: "I came, I saw, I conquered."). | 10 | |
| 4768188705 | atmosphere | (n) the mood/feeling of the literary work created for the reader by the writer. | 11 | |
| 4768189113 | ballad | (n) a narrative poem that usually includes a repeated refrain. | 12 | |
| 4768189114 | blank verse | (n) unrhymed iambic pentameter (pentameter is a line of 5 feet); Shakespeare's typical way of writing in verse. | 13 | |
| 4768189115 | cacophony | (n) the use of words in poetry that combines sharp, harsh, hissing, or unmelodious sounds. | 14 |