AP Literature Terms Flashcards

7431487660	in medias res	Starting a storyin the middle of a situation ex: story opens with people running from dragon	0
7431487661	Litotes (understatement)	Positive statement expressed by negating the expression Ex: you are not doing badly at all	1
7431487662	Enjambment	the continuation of a sentence or clause over a line-break (Line of poetry that doesn't end with a form of punctuation)	2
7431487663	extended metaphor	comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences	3
7431487664	Versimilitude	the appearance of being true or real Ex: parallels between magical wizard infinity world & traditional English boarding school in Harry Potter	4
7431487665	stock characters	standard or cliched character types: the drunk, the miser, the foolish girl, etc.	5
7431487666	Chiasmus	Used in oratory & literature. A sentence/ phrase where words are repeated in reverse order Ex: ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country	6
7431487667	Archetype	a very typical example of a certain person or thing, recurrent symbol or motif, has to do with stock character	7
7431487668	Aphorism	A concise statement of a truth or principle Ex: If you snooze, you lose	8
7431487669	circumlocution	using too many words; long-windedness, especially in an attempt to seem vague	9
7431487670	Paradox	a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true, may have a deeper meaning Ex: a wise fool	10
7431487671	deus ex machina	A sudden solution to a hopeless problem, usually an impossible concept or a divine character introduced into storyline with purpose of resolving its conflict	11
7431487672	Synthesize	Figurative language that appeals to multiple sense Ex: the sun was silent, a loud color, Synesthesia, mango shaped space	12
7431487673	Metonymy	substitution of some attributive or suggestive word for what is actually meant Ex: the White House in place of the President or others who work there	13
7431487674	Farce	Comedy that entertains through exaggerated comedy Ex: Seinfeld	14
7431487675	Asyndenton	the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. Ex: "He eats,sleeps,drinks" as opposed to "he eats and sleeps and drinks."	15
7431487676	Synecdoche	using one part of an object to represent the entire object Ex: weary feet in the walk of life	16
7431487677	Zeugma	A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses or to two others of which it semantically suits only one Ex: with weeping eyes & hearts	17
7431487678	Epithet	Characterizing word/phrase Ex: a dog is a man's best friend	18
7431487679	Hubris	Excessive pride or self confidence	19
7431487680	Juxtaposition	The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect, can show irony Ex: chaos versus civilization & good versus bad	20
7555863432	Hyperbole	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. extreme exaggeration	21
7555863433	Personification	Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea	22
7555863434	Paradox	a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true	23
7555863435	Apostrophe	The speaker or author breaking off and speaking to an imaginary person.	24
7555863436	Onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	25
7555863437	Oxymoron	a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction	26
7555863438	Understatement	The ironic minimizing of fact, presents something as less significant than it is.	27
7555863439	Irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	28
7555863440	Metaphysical conceit	Points out an unusual parallel between highly dissimilar elements	29