AP Literature Vocab Week 1 Flashcards
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| 4810320033 | Abstract | Typically complex, discusses intangible qualities like good and evil, and seldom uses examples to support its points. | 0 | |
| 4810320766 | Concrete | Term refers to specific particular things as opposed to broad concepts that are more abstract. | 1 | |
| 4810323363 | Accent | In poetry, refers to stressed portion of a word. Can be a matter of opinion. (To be or not to be, that is the question) | 2 | |
| 4810326410 | Accentual verse | A system of verse where accents determine the length of lines of poetry. (In a summer season, when soft was the sun) | 3 | |
| 4810333768 | Act | A division in the action of a play. (Can be from lowering of curtain, or change in scenes.) | 4 | |
| 4810337459 | Adage | Proverb based on experience (Where there is smoke there is fire) | 5 | |
| 4810341243 | Aesthetic, Aesthetics | Appealing to the senses, goes hand in hand with artistic judgement (What is beauty? Ex. The boys room is covered with darkness, and he painted everything black) | 6 | |
| 4810342862 | Aesthetic Distance | Total Objectivity of a writer, judgements are withheld in account of human experience. | 7 | |
| 4810345874 | Alexandrine | A verse of twelve syllables, adopted by french poets deals with dramatic and narrative. | 8 | |
| 4810347431 | Allegory | An extended major, recounting of an unreal series of experiences close to reality encourages reader to make the association. | 9 | |
| 4816787957 | Alliteration | Repetition of same sound on beginning of the word (Big black bear) | 10 | |
| 4816788361 | Allusion | Brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or idea in history or literature. (Biblical references) | 11 | |
| 4816790818 | Ambiguity | Multiple meanings, lack of clarity in a work. Reflects the vagueness of life. | 12 | |
| 4816791524 | American Renaissance | American Literature during the Civil War | 13 | |
| 4816791881 | Anachronism | The incorporation of an event, scene, or person who does not correspond with the time portrayed in the work (Abraham Lincoln in 2020) | 14 | |
| 4816793411 | Analogy | Comparison, employed to clarify an action or a relationship | 15 | |
| 4816794112 | Anapest | Made up of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. (Interrupt) | 16 | |
| 4816795380 | Anaphora | Rhetorical figure where the same word or phrase is repeated multiple times at the beginning of the sentence. | 17 | |
| 4816796177 | Anecdote | Short narrative | 18 | |
| 4816796377 | Annotation | Notes added to a text that explain, name sources, summarize, or evaluate text. | 19 | |
| 4823363829 | Antagonist | The bad person works against the protagonist | 20 | |
| 4823364050 | Antecedent | That which goes before | 21 | |
| 4823364369 | Anthropomorphism | objects are given human emotion, consciousness, or other characteristics. Don't confuse for personification | 22 | |
| 4823368561 | Anticlimax | Occurs when an action produces far smaller results than one had been lead to. | 23 | |
| 4823369921 | Anti- Hero | A protagonist who is markedly unheroic. Given unsavory qualities. | 24 | |
| 4823371121 | Aphorism | Shorty witty saying | 25 | |
| 4823372598 | Appollonian | Refers to the noble qualities of human beings and nature as opposed to the savage and destructive forces. | 26 | |
| 4823373842 | Apologue | An Allegorical story conveying a useful lesson. | 27 |