Vocabulary Test - AP English Literature Flashcards

6802506607	Allusion	Alluding to events/stories	0
6802506608	Attitude	The perspective or tone of a writer adopted in a certain work	1
6802506609	Devices of Sound	Resources used by poets to convey and reinforce the meaning or experience of poetry through the skillful use of sound.	2
6802506610	Diction	An authors way of speaking/choice of words	3
6802506611	Figurative Language	Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation	4
6802506612	Imagery	Visually descriptive or figurative language	5
6802506613	Irony	Saying one thing, but meaning another.	6
6802506614	Metaphor	A figure of speech that is not literally applicable	7
6802506615	Motif	an image, sound, action or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contributes toward the development of theme.	8
6802506616	Point of View	Perspective of the story.	9
6802506617	Rhetorical Techniques	Uses words in a certain way to convey meaning or to persuade. It can also be a technique to evoke an emotion on the part of the reader or audience	10
6802506618	Satire	Making fun of human error.	11
6802506619	Simile	Compares two things with the words like or as	12
6802506620	Style	An authors characteristic way of writing	13
6802506621	Syntax	The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences	14
6802506622	Theme	Central message of a story	15
6802506623	Tone	Authors attitude toward the readers and toward the subject	16
6802506624	Foil	A character that shows qualities that are in contrast w/ qualities of another to highlight them.	17
6802506625	Slant Rhyme	rhyme in which the stressed syllables of ending consonants match, however the preceding vowel sounds do not match. (Shape/keep)	18
6802506626	Pentameter	literary device that can be defined as a line in verse or poetry that has five strong metrical feet or beats	19
6802506627	Sonnet	14 lines of iambic pentameter, w/ either ABAB or ABBA rhyme scheme.	20
6802506628	Tetrameter	a line of four metrical feet	21
6802506629	Ode	a form of lyric poetry expressing emotion and it's usually addressed to someone or something	22
6802506630	Romantic	18th century movement focusing on emotion and freedom.	23
6802506631	Neoclassical	Revival of classical standards - focused on order, reason, and balance.	24
6802506632	Caesura	a rhythmical pause in a poetic line or a sentence	25
6802506633	Meter	a stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or within the lines of a poem	26
6802506634	Metaphysical conceit	It usually sets up an analogy between one entity's spiritual qualities and an object in the physical world and sometimes controls the whole structure of the poem	27
6802506635	Meditative lyric		28
6802506636	Apostrophe	A figure of speech in which something is addressed as though it is present and capable of responding	29
6802506637	Allegory	a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures and events.	30
6802506638	Ambiguity	a word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning	31
6802506639	Apostrophe	A figure of speech in which something is addressed as if it is present and capable of responding.	32
6802506640	Denotation	Direct definition of a word.	33
6802506641	Connotation	Associated or personal definition of a word.	34
6802506642	Convention	defining features of particular literary genres, such as novel, short story, ballad, sonnet, and play	35
6802506643	Didactic	works that often have morals to impart or are written to teach us something about religion, philosophy, history, or politics	36
6802506644	Digression	a stylistic device authors employ to create a temporary departure from the main subject of the narrative to focus on apparently unrelated topics, explaining background details.	37
6802506645	Epigram	rhetorical device that is a memorable, brief, interesting and surprising satirical statement	38
6802506646	Euphemism	polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or which suggest something unpleasant	39
6802506647	Hyperbole	an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis	40
6802506648	Jargon	a use of specific phrases and words by writers in a particular situation, profession or trade. These specialized terms are used to convey hidden meanings accepted and understood in that field	41
6802506649	Lyrical	a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings	42
6802506650	Oxymoron	a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect	43
6802506651	Parable	A didactic story, in prose or verse, which illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles	44
6802506652	Parody	an imitation of a writer, artist, subject, or genre in such a way as to make fun of or comment on the original work	45
6802506653	Personification	Human characteristics given to non-human things	46
6802506654	Rhetorical question	A question that is asked without the intention of getting an answer	47
6802506655	Soliloquy	A characters speech while alone on stage	48
6802506656	Paradox	Something made up of two different things that seem impossible, but are.	49
6802506657	Assonance	the repetition of a vowel sound in non-rhyming words	50
6802506658	Ballad	a form of poetry that alternates lines of four and three beats, often in quatrains, rhymed abab, and often telling a story	51
6802506659	Blank verse	Unrhymed iambic pentameter.	52
6802506660	Enjambment	A thought or sense, phrase or clause in a line of poetry that does not come to an end at the line break but moves over to the next line	53
6802506661	Free verse	a literary device that can be defined as poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm and does not rhyme with fixed forms	54
6802506662	Heroic couplet	a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, especially one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style	55
6802506663	Hexameter	a metrical line of verses consisting of six feet	56
6802506664	Iamb	a literary device that can be defined as a foot containing unaccented and short syllables followed by a long and accented syllable in a single line of a poem	57
6802506665	Internal rhyme	a poetic device which can be defined as metrical lines in which its middle words and its end words rhymes with each other	58
6802506666	Onomatopoeia	a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing	59
6802506667	Elegy	a form of literature which can be defined as a poem or song in the form of elegiac couplets, written in honor of someone deceased	60
6802506668	Eulogy	a literary device that is a laudatory expression in a speech, or a written tribute to a person deceased recently	61
6802506669	Epithet	a descriptive literary device that describes a place, a thing or a person in such a way that it helps in making the characteristics of a person, thing or place more prominent than they actually are	62
6802506670	Epistle	a composition in prose or poetry written in the form of a letter to a particular person or group	63
6802506671	Epitaph	an inscription or written tribute in memory of a person on a tombstone or in a piece of literature	64
6802506672	Entreaty	earnest or urgent request	65
6802506673	Bildungsroman	Coming of age story	66
6802506674	Doppelgänger	A double or twin; often pernicious, ghostly, or haunting	67
6802506675	In Medias Res	In the middle of	68
6802506676	Dramatis Personae	Character list at the beginning of plays that provides necessary background info	69
6802506677	Double Entendre	a phrase or a figure of speech that might have multiple senses, interpretations or two different meanings or that could be understood in two different ways	70
6802506678	Dues Ex Machina	An unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation	71