AP Literature Literary Terms set #3 Flashcards
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| 7268264879 | mood | the feeling or atmosphere that an author creates in a literary work | 0 | |
| 7268277213 | epiphany | a literary work or section of a work presenting, usually symbolically, such a moment of revelation and insight. | 1 | |
| 7268277214 | stream of consciousness | a narrative mode or method that attempts to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind. | 2 | |
| 7268278723 | parable | a short story which explains a certain belief or moral | 3 | |
| 7268278724 | metonymy | type of metaphor in which something closely associated with a subject is substituted for it like | 4 | |
| 7268280954 | litote | form of an understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis and intensity | 5 | |
| 7268284559 | realism | the practice in literature of attempting to describe nature and life without idealization and with attention to detail | 6 |