AP Literature Set 1 Flashcards

7330933245	alliteration	the repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words	0
7330933246	allegory	a literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstraction	1
7330933247	allusion	a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize	2
7330933248	analogy	a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way	3
7330933249	anecdote	a brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event	4
7330933250	argument	a statement of the meaning or main point of a literary work	5
7330933251	cliché	an expression that has been overused to the extent that its freshness has worn off	6
7330933252	climax	the point of highest interest in a literary work	7
7330933253	colloquialism	informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing	8
7330933254	concrete details	details that relate to or describe actual, specific things or events	9
7330933255	connotation	the implied or associative meaning of a word	10
7330933256	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	11
7330933257	dialect	a variety of speech characterized by its own particular grammar or pronunciation, often associated with a particular geographical region	12
7330933258	dialogue	conversation between two or more people	13
7330933259	diction	the word choices made by a writer	14
7330933260	euphemism	an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	15
7330933261	exclamatory sentence	a sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark	16
7330933262	figurative language	language employing one or more figures of speech (simile, metaphor, imagery, etc.)	17
7330933263	flashback	the insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative	18
7330933264	foreshadowing	the presentation of material in such a way that the reader is prepared for what is to come later in the work	19
7330933265	genre	a major category or type of literature	20
7330933266	hyperbole	intentional exaggeration to create an effect	21
7330933267	hypothetical question	a question that raises a hypothesis, conjecture, or supposition	22
7330933268	idiom	an expression in a given language that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of the words in the expression; or, a regional speech or dialect	23
7330933269	imagery	the use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the senses	24
7330933270	irony	the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or, incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs	25
7330933271	juxtaposition	placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast	26
7330933272	metaphor	a direct comparison of two different things	27
7330933273	metonymy	substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it. e.g. The pen [writing] is mightier than the sword [war/fighting]/	28
7330933274	narrative	a story or narrated account	29
7330933275	narrator	the one who tells the story; maybe first- or third-person, limited or omniscient	30
7330933276	parallelism	the use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms	31
7330933277	paraphrase	a restatement of a text in a different form or indifferent words, often for the purpose of clarity	32
7330933278	personification	endowing non-human objects or creatures with human qualities or characteristics	33
7330933279	plot	the action of a narrative or drama	34
7330933280	point of view	the vantage point from which a story is told	35
7330933281	sarcasm	harsh, cutting language or tone intended to ridicule	36
7330933282	scene	a real or fictional episode; a division of an act in a play	37
7330933283	setting	the time, place, and environment in which action takes place	38
7330933284	structure	the arrangement of framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work	39
7330933285	style	the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work	40
7330933286	symbol	an object that is used to represent something else	41
7330933287	theme	a central idea of a work	42
7330933288	thesis	the primary position taken by a writer or speaker	43
7330933289	tone	the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience	44