AP LITERATURE TERMS Flashcards
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| 7341698077 | Allusion | A reference contained in a work. | 0 | |
| 7341698078 | Antithesis | The presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by phrase, clause or paragraph. | 1 | |
| 7341699708 | Connotation | The interpretive level or a word based on its associated images rather than its literal meaning. | 2 | |
| 7341699709 | Denotation | The literal or dictionary meaning of a word. | 3 | |
| 7341702140 | Ethos | an appeal based on the character of the speaker. | 4 | |
| 7341702141 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration of overstatement. | 5 | |
| 7341705203 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. On a physical level. | 6 | |
| 7341705204 | Logos | An appeal based on logic or reason. | 7 | |
| 7341707376 | Metaphor | a direct comparison between dissimilar things. | 8 | |
| 7341707377 | Pathos | An appeal based on emotion. | 9 | |
| 7341708824 | Personification | The assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts. | 10 | |
| 7341708825 | Simile | Figure of speech comparing one thing thing to another thing (As brave as a lion). Indirectly. | 11 |