AP Literature Vocab Flashcards

5409693688	Aesthetic	Concerning the appreciation of beauty	0
5409693689	Allegory	A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions	1
5409703381	Anadiplosis	Figure of repetition that occurs when the last word or terms in one sentence, clause, or phrase is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of the next sentence, clause, or phrase.	2
5409706629	Anaphora	A rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in (and usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses, or sentences.	3
5409708696	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.	4
5409712734	Asyndeton	Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words, speeds up flow of sentence. X, Y, Z as opposed to X, Y, and Z.	5
5409718582	Begging the question	Often called circular reasoning, __ occurs when the believability of the evidence depends on the believability of the claim.	6
5409721509	Carpe diem	"Seize the day"; a Latin phrase implying that one must live for the present moment, for tomorrow may be too late.	7
5409724741	Catharsis	Emotional release	8
5409728635	Chiasmus	A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.")	9
5409731215	Connotation	All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests	10
5409733473	Consonance	Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.	11
5409738436	Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word	12
5409742693	Dsytopia	an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one	13
5409745850	Elergy	formal poem lamenting the death of someone	14
5409749199	Epigraph	A brief quotation found at the beginning of a literary work, reflective of theme.	15
5409751054	Epiphany	A moment of sudden revelation or insight	16
5409753122	Ethos	Credibility	17
5409757393	Euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	18
5409762327	Expletive	meaningless word; interjection; profane oath; swear-word	19