AP Literature Terms pg 6 Flashcards

3925256907	non sequitur	an inference that does not follow logically from the premises (literally "does not follow")	0
3925262701	omniscient narrator	a narrator who is able to know, see, and tell all (including the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters)	1
3925266648	onomatopoeia	a word formed from the imitation of natural sounds	2
3925269846	oxymoron	an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined	3
3925272731	parable	a simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson	4
3925275639	paradox	an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth	5
3925279093	parallelism	the use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms	6
3925282322	paraphrase	a restatement of a text in a different form or in different words, often for the purpose of clarity	7
3925286995	parody	a humorous imitation of a serious work	8
3925289066	parenthetical	a comment that interrupts the immediate subject, often to qualify or explain	9
3925295710	pathos	the quality in a work that prompts the reader to feel pity	10
3925298868	pedantic	characterized by an excessive display of learning or scholarship	11
3925306022	personification	endowing non-human objects or creatures with human qualities or characteristics	12
3925311049	philippic	a strong verbal denunciation (the term comes from the orations of Demosthenes against Philip of Macedonia in the fourth century)	13
3925318137	plot	the action of a narrative or drama	14
3925320071	point of view	the vantage point from which a story is told	15
3925322574	polysyndeton	the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural	16
3925327814	pun	a play on words, often achieved through the use of words with similar sounds but different meanings	17
3925331548	resolution	the falling action of a narrative (the events following the climax)	18