AP Literature Terms 4 Flashcards

4307964631	polysyndeton	artistic inclusion of many conjunctions in a sentence to create a particular effect	0
4307964632	post hoc reasoning	a fallacy in argumentation in which one assumes that two incidents that occur close in time are related	1
4307964633	protagonist	the main character of a literary work	2
4307964634	proverb	a short statement that condenses common knowledge to a memorable saying	3
4307964635	purpose	the different reasons why authors write something (inform, persuade, entertain, or explain)	4
4307967363	pun	a play on word connecting two unlike objects in numerous way	5
4307964636	red herring	a fallacy in argumentation where a speaker raises an irrelevant issue to draw attention away from the real issue	6
4307964637	refutation	the part of an argument where a speaker or writer anticipates and counters opposing points of view	7
4307964638	repetition	word or phrase used more than once in close proximity	8
4307964639	rhetoric	the art of effective communication; the study of writing and speaking effectively	9
4307964640	rhetorical modes	a strategy--a way or method of presenting a subject--through writing or speech	10
4307964641	rhetorical question	a question that does not expect an explicit answer	11
4307964642	sarcasm	harsh, caustic personal remarks to or about someone; less subtle than irony	12
4307964643	satire	a gentle mocking to bring about change	13
4307964644	setting	time and place of a literary work	14
4307964645	simile	a figure of speech that uses like, as, or as if to make a direct comparison between to essentially different objects, actions, or qualities	15
4307964646	speaker	the voice of a work	16
4307964647	stereotype	an over-generalization for a group	17
4307964648	straw man	in argumentation a fallacy that argues a weaker topic in the opponents argument	18
4307964650	style	the way a writer writes; an author's characteristic manner of expression	19
4307964651	subjective pov	narrator reports an event and uses feelings and emotions	20
4307964652	subjectivity	a personal presentation of events and characters, influenced by the author's feelings and opinions	21
4307964653	syllogism	a form of deductive reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them; a form of deductive reasoning	22
4307964654	symbolism	the use of a object, person, place, or event that stands for itself and at the same time has a figurative meaning	23
4307991905	Synaesthesia	mixing one type of sensory input with an another in an impossible way, such as speaking of how color sounds or how a smell looks	24
4307964655	synechdoche	a form of metonymy ; a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent a whole	25
4307964656	syntax	the grammatical structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence	26
4307964657	theme	the central idea or message of a literary work	27
4307964658	thesis statement	the main idea of a piece of writing presenting the author's assertion or claim	28
4307964659	tone	the characteristic emotion or attitude of an author toward the characters, subject, or audience	29
4307964660	transition	a word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph	30
4307964661	trite	lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition	31
4307964662	understatement	a figure of speech to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is	32
4307964663	unity	quality of oneness in a piece of writing; when all sentences or paragraphs relate to the central idea or thesis statement	33
4307964664	vernacular	the spoken language or dialect of a region or area	34
4307964665	voice	the distinctive style or manner of expression of an author or narrator; the sound of a writer's style	35