Ap Literature Terms Flashcards

7329206035	Allegory	A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions	0
7329208264	Alliteration	the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words	1
7329211442	Allusion	brief reference to a person, event, or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art	2
7329211443	Analogy	A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way	3
7329214474	Anaphore	repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of several consecutive sentences	4
7329214475	Apostrophe	A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present.	5
7333831397	Archetype	an original model or type from which similar forms are copied	6
7333833550	Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds in successive or neighboring words	7
7333833551	Blank Verse	Poetry that doesn't rhyme written iambic pentameter	8
7333837014	Conceit	an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem	9
7333838598	Connotation	the implied or associative meaning of a word	10
7333843655	Consonance	Repetition of consonant sounds but can contain different vowels	11
7333843656	Diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words	12
7333846003	Dialect	A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.	13
7333846004	Didactic	Intended to teach	14
7333851371	Dissonance	harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds	15
7444271779	Anachronism	an error in the timeline in a literary work; usually an unintentional error, but can employ an artistic effect	16
7444295911	Anecdote	A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event.	17
7444305195	Aposiopesis	sudden pause or breaking off sentence for rhetorical effect	18
7444317314	Asyndeton	A syntactical structure in which conjunction are omitted in a series, usually producing a rapid prose	19
7444344239	Bildungsroman	A novel or story whose theme is the moral or psychological growth of the main character.	20
7444349439	Catharsis	Purification that brings emotional relief or renewal	21
7444363929	Characterization	Representation of a character on hr stage or i writing. Characters can be described as: Flat, Round, Static, or Dynamic.	22
7444401308	Cliche	A worn-out idea or overused expression	23
7444406555	Colloquialism	The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing	24
7444414061	Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word	25
7444420542	Deus Ex Machina	In literature, the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem. "God from the machine"	26
7444436496	Double Entendre	A word or phrase with more than one meaning, usually when the second meaning is usually dirty	27
7444449977	Paradox	a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true	28
7444455089	Parallel Syntax	Similar word-order and structure or rhetorical framing of words	29
7444476115	Personification	the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea	30
7444482900	Anthropomorphism	the attribution of human characteristics, ambitions, emotions, or behavior to a god, animal, or object.	31
7444501520	Pathetic Fallacy	Attributing human qualities to a force of nature	32
7444508901	Zoomorphism	Applying animal characteristics to humans or gods	33
7444514835	Point of View	In literature, the perspective from which a story is told. (how they tell the story)	34
7444531195	Refrain	the repetition of a similar line, phrase or group of lines repeated throughout a poem, usually at the end	35
7444538798	Satire	A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness	36
7444541424	Sonnet	14 line poem	37
7444544272	Stanza	A group of lines in a poem: Couplet 2; Quatrain 4; Sestet 6; Octave 8	38
7444558411	Symbol	anything that represents something else	39
7444567100	Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part is substituted for the whole.	40
7444572628	Syntax	Sentence structure	41
7444574785	Tone	an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience	42
7444581124	Villanelle	A nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout. Its divided into segments- the introduction, development, and conclusion	43
7444602265	Volta (Turn)	A rhetorical shift or dramatic change in throught or emotion	44
7444621178	Onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	45
7444625213	Simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	46
7444625214	Theme	The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life	47