AP literature Flashcards

7221974619	Allegory	Story or poem in which characters, settings and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities. Lion the which and the wardrobe/ pilgrims progress	0
7221974620	Alliteration	Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together Kim's kids kept kicking like kangaroos	1
7221974621	Allusion	an indirect reference (from history, culture, literature etc) He was a Good Samaritan as he helped the older woman cross the street	2
7221974622	Ambiguity	Deliberately using uncertain or inexact meaning so that the piece may be interpreted more than one way A good life depends on the liver	3
7221974623	Analogy	A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way The movie was a roller coaster ride of emotions	4
7221974624	Anaphora	Repetition of word or phrase at the begging of two or more sentences in a row It was the best of times. It was the worst of times	5
7221974625	Anastrophe	Inversion of the natural or usual word order Into the water dove the boy	6
7221974626	Anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person	7
7221974627	Antagonists	adversaries; opponents of the protagonist Death Vader of Luke Skywalker	8
7221974628	Antimetabole	repetition of words in reverse order One should eat to live, not live to eat.	9
7221974629	Antithesis	Words, phrases or ideas that largely contradict each other	10
7261729111	Antihero	a central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes.	11
7261745488	Anthropomorphism	the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object.	12
7261745489	Aphorism	A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.	13
7261745490	Apostrophe	Addressing something nonhuman as if it were human Example: Death, be not proud . . .	14
7263084047	apposition (n)	a word or phrase placed next to another word in order to define or identify it	15
7263084048	Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds	16
7263084049	Asyndeton	Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words	17
7263084050	Balance	Constructing a sentence so that both halves are about the same length and importance	18
7263084051	Characterization	The process by which a writer reveals the personality of a character	19
7468387536	Indirect Characterization	Author subtly reveals the character through actions and interactions.	20
7468387537	direct characterization	The author tells the audience what the personality of the character is	21
7468387538	static character	A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end	22
7468387539	dynamic character	A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action	23
7468387540	flat character	A character who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics	24
7468387541	round character	complex and undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader	25
7468387542	Chicasmus	In poetry a type of rhetoric in which the second part is syntactically balanced with the first half but with parts reversed	26
7468387543	Cliché	a worn-out idea or overused expression	27
7468387544	Colloquialism	the use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing.	28
7468391626	Comedy	A humorous work of drama	29
7599715548	Conceit	extended metaphor that compares to VERY different things	30
7599715549	Confessional Poetry	A twentieth century term to describe poetry that uses intimate material from a poets life	31
7599715550	Conflict	A struggle between opposing forces	32
7599715551	external conflict	A struggle between a person and an outside force, like another person	33
7599715552	Internal Conflict	a conflict that takes place within a character's heart or mind	34
7599715553	Connotation	All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests	35
7599715554	Couplet	Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme	36
7599715555	Dialect	A way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or of the inhabitants of a certain geographical area	37
7599715556	Diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words	38
7599715557	Didactic	I form of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking	39
7599732729	Elegy	a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.	40
7771276988	Epanalepsis	repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause	41
7771276989	Epic	A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds	42
7771276990	Epigraph	a quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme.	43
7771276991	Epistrophe	the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences	44
7771276992	Epithet	A descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something	45
7771276993	Essay	A piece of writing that focuses on a certain topic	46
7771276994	Explication	The art of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text	47
7771276995	Fable	A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters	48
7771276996	Farce	broad comedy; mockery; humorous play full of silly things happening; ADJ. farcical	49
7771276997	figurative language	writing or speech not meant to be taken literally	50
7808847070	Flashback	present action is temporarily interrupted so that past events can be described	51
7808847071	Foil	A character who acts as a contrast to another character	52
7808847072	Foreshadowing	suggesting, hinting, indicating, or showing what will occur later in a narrative	53
7808847073	Free verse	poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme	54
7808847074	Hyperbole	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.	55
7808847075	Hypotactic	the subordination of one clause to another	56
7808847076	Imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	57
7808847077	Inversion	A reversal of the usual order of words to achieve some kind of emphasis.	58
7808847078	Irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	59
7994890019	verbal irony	occurs when what is said contradicts what is meant or thought	60
7994890020	situational irony	what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate	61
7994890021	dramatic irony	when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't	62
7994890022	Juxtaposition	Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts	63
7994890023	Litotes	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite	64
7994890024	local color	writing which presents the mannerisms, dress, speech and customs of a particular geographical region	65
7994890025	loose sentence	A complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows	66
7994890026	lyric poem	a poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of a speaker	67
7994890027	Metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	68
7994890028	implied metaphor	Implies or suggests the comparison between the two thing without stating it directly	69
7994890029	extended metaphor	A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.	70
7994890030	dead metaphor	so overused that its original impact has been lost	71
7994890031	mixed metaphor	a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect	72
7994890032	Metonymy	substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it	73
7994890033	Mood	Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader	74
7994890034	Motif	(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design	75
7994890035	Motivation	the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.	76
7994890036	Onomotopoeia	use of words that imitate sounds-CRASH, BANG, HISS	77
7994890037	Oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	78
7994890038	Parable	a simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson	79
7994890039	Paradox	an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth	80
7994890040	Koan	a paradoxical annecdote or a riddle that has no solution	81
8037936392	parallel structure	the repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures	82
8037936393	Paratactic Sentence	simply juxtaposes clauses or sentences. I am tired: it is hot. I️ came I️ saw I️ conquered	83
8037936394	parody (n)	a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art	84
8037936395	Periodic	Sentence that place is the main idea or central complete thought at the end of the sentence	85
8037936396	Personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	86
8037936397	Plot	The sequence of events in a story	87
8037936398	Exposition	introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation	88
8037936399	rising action	complications in conflict and situations	89
8037936400	Climax	the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.	90
8037936401	Resolution	End of the story where loose ends are tied up	91
8037936402	point of view	the perspective from which a story is told	92
8218804008	Polysyndeton	a sentence which uses and or another conjunction (with no comma) to separate the items in a series	93
8218804009	Protagonist	The central character in a work of literature	94
8218804010	Pun	A play on words that has multiple meanings	95
8218804011	Quatrain	A poem consisting of four lines, or four lines of a poem that can be considered as a unit.	96
8218804012	refrain	a regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song	97
8218804013	Rythm	A rise and fall of of the voice produced by the alternate of stressed syllables in language	98
8218804014	Rhetoric	The art of using language effectively and persuasively	99
8218804015	rhetorical question	A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer	100
8218804016	Romance	in general, a story in which an idealized hero or heroine undertakes a quest and is successful.	101
8218804017	Satire	A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness	102
8218804018	Simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	103
8218804019	Soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	104
8218804020	Soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	105
8218804021	stereotype	a generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people	106
8218804022	stream of consciousness	A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur. (The workings of a characters mind)	107
8218804023	Style	The distinctive way in which a writer uses language	108
8218804024	Suspense	a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.	109
8218804025	Symbol	anything that stands for or represents something else	110
8218804026	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	111
8218804027	Syntactic Fluency	Ability to create a variety of sentence structures, appropriately complex and/or varied in length.	112
8218804028	tall tale	an outrageously exaggerated, humorous story that is obviously unbelievable	113
8218804029	telegraphic sentence	a sentence shorter than five words in length	114
8218804030	Theme	Central idea of a work of literature	115
8218804031	Tone	the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.	116
8218804032	tragedy	drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance	117
8218804033	Tricolon	Sentence of three parts of equal importance and length, usually three independent clauses.	118
8218804034	Understatement	the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.	119
8654532242	Unity	The state of being united or forming a whole.	120
8654532243	Vernacular	Everyday language of ordinary people	121
8654532244	Impressionism	A movement against Romanticism. Uses a wide variety of sources	122
8654532245	Modernism	artistic and literary movement sparked by a break with past conventions	123
8654532246	Naturalism	a movement that was an extension of realism and that claimed to portray life exactly as it was.	124
8654532247	plain style	a way of writing that stresses simplicity and clarity of expression	125
8654532248	Puritism	A writing style that emphasizes obedience to God	126
8654532249	Rationalism	belief in reason and logic as the primary source of knowledge	127
8654532250	Regionalism	Strong local traditions that divide people within a country or region. And this is emphasized	128
8654532251	Romanticism	19th century artistic movement that appealed to emotion rather than reason Revolt against realism	129
8654532252	Surrealism	Replaced conventional realism with full expression and the unconscious mind	130
8654532253	Symbolism	A device in literature where an object represents an idea.	131
8654532254	Transendentalism	new ideas about literature, culture, philosophy, and religion	132