AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards

3918983390	Accent	emphasize different syllables	0
3918990689	Act	in a play	1
3918992295	Adage	phrase or saying	2
3918995509	Agitrop	use of literature to promote a political or ideological platform	3
3918999167	Agon	the Greek word for conflict	4
3919004744	Allegory	overall meaning or symbolism	5
3919014551	Alliteration	same letter in multiple words	6
3919017290	Allusion	outside reference	7
3919023029	Anagnorisis	moment of discovery/realization for PROTAGONIST	8
3919034210	Analogy	describes a moral truth through a story	9
3919039966	Anapest	poetry; two un-stressed followed by stressed syllables	10
3919047970	Anaphora	beginning of something repeats	11
3919055180	Antagonist	the person or thing that impedes the protagonist	12
3919062073	Anthology	collection put together in one	13
3919068820	Anti-climax	falling off of the intensity happens too quickly or poorly	14
3919089207	Antistrophe	repetition of the end AND opposing voice of the people	15
3919093685	Aphorism	phrase of wisdom. Philosophical statement	16
3919100791	Aporia	Greek word that means complexity; both sides are equally valid	17
3919112601	Apostrophe	talking to something with no consciousness	18
3919129083	Aside	not talking directly to character/only audience hears	19
3919133087	Assonance	repetition of vowels	20
3919139686	Aubade	Poem about the dawn or morning	21
3919143940	Ballad	form of LYRIC POETRY; short; set rhyme scheme and structure	22
3919151626	Baroque	period in art where things became ornamental	23
3919160500	Blank Verse	unrhymed iambic pentameter	24
3919166524	Biography	somebody's life story written by someone else	25
3919168904	Burlesque	style opposes subject; primarily used in satire	26
3919175581	Byronic Hero	named after Lord Byron; developed hero that didn't want to be a hero; happened through circumstance	27
3919193195	Cacophony	discourse between words; clashing	28
3919194909	Cadence	rhythm of line or words	29
3919200882	Caesura	deliberate pause in line of poetry	30
3919209674	Canon	religious or philosophical text (Ex. Screwtape)	31
3919217288	Canto	chapter of a poem. section of a long poem	32
3919234409	Catachresis	misuse of a word	33
3919240132	Cathorsis	relieving of emotional tension	34
3919252121	Chiasmus	flipping/inverse of words or phrase	35
3919257312	Chorus	general public voice	36
3919258696	Comedy	style of genre with humor	37
3919262069	Conceit	extended metaphor	38
3919264863	Conflict	a disagreement or argument among people	39
3919288452	Connotation	positive/negative association	40
3919316877	Consonance	repetition of middle or end of word	41
3919320395	Couplet	two lines of verse, usually in some meter, and joined by rhyme that form a unit	42
3919348571	Courtly Love	a knight and noblewoman who love each other; very punishable	43
3919367579	Dactyl	measure of meter; 'uu	44
3919382356	Deism	philosophy; God created the world, and then left it alone. No religion	45
3919393420	Denouemont	fancy word for the FALLING ACTION	46
3919396737	Deus ex machina	solution in a story that is arbitrary. Not good.	47
3919402480	Dialect	language specific to a region or social group	48
3919410370	Dialectic	the formal term for a political or philosophical debate to find truth	49
3919417137	Dialogue	conversation between two or more people	50
3919424251	Diction	the choice and use of words and phrases in writing	51
3919432675	Diegesis	the voice of the speaker or narrator; separate from writer	52
3919461225	Dimeter	Two feet	53
3919466394	Dirge	funeral home; sad and mournful	54
3919470174	Discourse	extended topic or subject; one topic and really expand it	55
3919476263	Doggeral	shallow or crude verse; not thought out or developed	56
3919487071	Drama	an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events	57
3919490205	Dramatic Monologue	poetry written in speech that has insight into the speaker	58
3919495842	Dystopia	everything is bad in an imaginary place	59