AP Literature & Composition: Terms Flashcards

4787012973	allegory	a story or poem that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning	0
4787014670	alliteration	the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words	1
4787210022	allusion	an expression designed to call something to mind without directly	2
4787217317	analogy	a comparison of two things, typically on the basis of their structure for explaination	3
4787220968	anaphora	repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses	4
4787228803	epistrophe	the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences	5
4787232793	anecdote	short or amusing story about a real incident or person	6
4787235824	antagonist	character that stands in or represents opposition against the protagonist	7
4787238978	protagonist	the leading character or one of the main characters in a story	8
4787241102	antithesis	a person or thing that is the direct opposite of something or someone	9
4787245029	anthropomorphism	the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god	10
4787247550	aphorism	a pithy observation that contains a general truth	11
4787251106	apostrophe	punctuation mark indicating possession or the omission of letters	12
4787253847	asyndeton	the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence	13
4787259544	polysyndeton	device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in a sentence	14
4787263666	characterization	the concept of creating characters for a literary narrative	15
4787267449	conflict	a serious disagreement or argument; typically a protracted one	16
4787270806	connotation	an idea or feelings that a work invokes in addition to its literal meaning	17
4787274158	denotation	the literal meaning of a word, in contrast to feelings or ideas of that word	18
4787278545	diction	the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing	19
4787281254	exposition	a comprehensive cluster of description and explanation of a story or theory	20
4787285169	narrative	a spoken or written account of connected events; a story	21
4787286658	figurative language	language that uses words or expressions with a meaning; not literal	22
4787292216	flashback	a sudden and disturbing vivid memory of an event in the past	23
4787296019	foreshadowing	a warning or indication of a future event	24
4787297264	foil character	a character who contrasts other characters to highlight particular qualities in that other character	25
4787300619	imagery	visually descriptive figurative language	26
4787304915	irony	the expression of ones meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite	27
4787309585	juxtaposition	the fact of two things being seen or placed closed together with effect	28
4787311639	satire	the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, and ridicule to expose and criticize peoples stupidity or vices	29
4787315574	local color	customs, manners, or dress that associates a person to a specific time period	30
4787319002	motif	a distinctive feature or idea in an artistic or literally narrative	31
4787322058	symbol	a thing that represents or stands for something else	32
4787325298	plot	the main events of a play, movie, or novel devised and presented as an interrelated sequenced	33
4787334696	point of view	a particular view in relation to the story being told	34
4787335725	theme	the subject of talk, a piece of writing, a persons thoughts or an exhibition	35
4787340306	tone	the general character attitude towards the events in a story	36