Literary Elements (AP Literature) Flashcards

7815678837	Allegory	Narrative in which characters and actions have deeper meanings (Ex: cave story, creation myths)	0
7815678838	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds (Ex: Fast Food Freddy, Diners Drive-in and Dives)	1
7815682469	Allusion	Historical or literary reference (Ex: historical figures or events)	2
7815682470	Analogue	A work which resembles another in terms of motifs, characters, scenes, phrases or events (Ex: Watership Down and the Iliad)	3
7815687715	Anagnorisis	he startling discovery that produces a change from ignorance to knowledge (Ex: you're a wizard Harry)	4
7815687716	Anapest	metrical foot in a line of a poem that contains three syllables wherein the first two syllables are short and unstressed followed by a third syllable that is long and stressed (Ex: underSTAND, compreHEND)	5
7815690273	Anecdote	A brief story or tale (Ex: short story in speech, Trinity tales in Gant's class)	6
7815690274	Antagonist	Character that opposes the main character (Ex: Voldemort, Darth Vader)	7
7815692822	Aphorism	A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner (Ex: A penny saved is a penny earned, early to bed early to rise...)	8
7815692823	Apostrophe	Writer/speaker detaches themself from reality to address an abstract or imaginary character (Ex: Hamilton monologue, angel of music)	9
7815692824	Archetype	Universal pattern (Ex: hero archetype, true love)	10
7815695936	Aside	a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other actors on the stage (Ex: Hamilton monologue, addressing audience It's A Musical)	11
7815695937	Assonance	Repetition of similar vowel sounds (Ex: Sheep are cheap, the dogs got foggy)	12
7815698305	Ballad	a poem that is typically arranged in quatrains with the rhyme scheme ABAB; usually narrative, which means they tell a story. (Ex: Annabel Lee)	13
7815698306	Blank Verse	un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter (Ex: The night frost drips silently from the roof)	14