AP Literature Terms To Know Flashcards

3607912659	allegory	hidden meaning typically moral or political	0
3607914266	alliteration	the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words	1
3607915739	allusion	reference to an outside work (biblical, historical, mythological)	2
3607917596	anadiplosis	repetition of the last word of a preceding clause (ex: truth brings freedom; freedom brings responsibility)	3
3607921211	analogy	comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure for explanation/clarification	4
3607932442	anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person	5
3607936392	antagonist/protagonist	antagonist=adversary protagonist=leading character in literary work	6
3607938140	antecedent	a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another	7
3607939372	aphorism	a pithy observation that contains a general truth: packs a punch of wisdom	8
3607940738	apostrophe	a character is speaking directly to an inanimate object	9
3607942775	bildungsroman	a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education	10
3607944965	biography/autobiography	bio=written about someone else auto=written by self	11
3607947562	bowdlerize	remove material that is considered improper or offensive: especially when it weakens the resul	12
3612818008	burlesque	an absurd or comically exaggerated imitation of something	13
3612819349	catharsis	the purging or purification of the emotions through the evocation of pity and fear, as in tragedy	14
3612821298	characterization: direct vs indirect	direct=tells audience what it is indirect=shows reader something and traits have to be inferred	15
3612823113	clause	a unit of grammatical organization: consists of subject and predicate	16
3612825217	cliche	a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought	17
3612827532	conceit	to have excessively favorable opinion of oneself	18
3612829683	conflict	any struggle against opposing forces	19
3612830311	connotation	the associated or secondary meaning of a word in addition to its primary meaning	20
3612831471	consonance	the repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession	21
3612832996	denotation	literal meaning of the word "dictionary definition"	22
3612833810	denouement	final outcome of the story	23
3612834859	diction	word choice	24
3612835422	didactic	intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive	25
3612836391	doppelganger	often figured as a ghostly twin, shadow, or mirror (image of the protagonist)	26
3612838873	double-entendre	a phrase that could have two meanings or that could be understood in two different ways	27
3612841038	dramatic irony	audience knows something the characters do not	28
3612842285	envoy	a short closing statement of prose or poetry that either dedicates the work or summarizes the main ideas with a single thought	29
3612847463	epigram	a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically	30
3612851692	epitaph	a brief literary piece commemorating a deceased person	31
3612852772	eponym	a person from whom something takes or is said to take its name	32
3612854310	euphemism	nice way to say something not so nice	33
3612855596	extended metaphor	metaphor throughout a long passage (all the way through the work)	34
3612858758	false syllogism	a false argument that implies an incorrect conclusion	35
3612859743	fiction vs. nonfiction	fiction=not real nonfiction=real	36
3612860515	figurative language	uses words or expressions wth a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation	37
3612861781	first person	story is narrated one person at a time	38
3612862645	flashback	transition in a story to an earlier time	39
3612863413	foil	character serves to bring out attributes of another character	40
3612864391	foreshadowing	hints of what is to come later on in the novel	41
3612865619	genre	category of literary composition	42
3612866232	gothic novel	combines fiction, horror, death, and Romanticism	43
3612868108	hero	faces danger/adversity from a position of weakness for some greater good	44
3613927350	historical narrative	takes place in the past, but is a made up story (based on real aspects of the past)	45
3613929510	historical novel	tries to convey the spirit, manners, and social conditions of a past age with realistic detail and fidelity	46
3613932523	homily	a sermon given by a priest in a Roman Catholic Church after a scripture has been read	47
3613935361	homonyms	sound alike and spelled alike but have different meanings	48
3613937646	homophones	sound alike but have different meanings and spellings	49
3613939467	hyperbole	exaggeration-rhetorical device	50
3613940951	idiom	phrase not taken literally...a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light )	51
3613941891	imagery	description that appeals to our five senses	52
3613946617	implied metaphor	compares two unlike things but without mentioning one of them	53
3613948514	in media res	narrative that begins in the middle of a story, usually at some crucial point of action	54
3613950378	infer vs imply	infer=gather/deduce imply=suggest something indirectly	55
3613953160	inference	a conclusion arrived at through logical processes	56
3613963026	irony	conveys a meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning	57
3613963864	irony of situation	actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended; outcome is opposite	58
3613967203	loose sentence	main clause followed by phrases that modify the main clause	59
3613969679	malapropism	using an incorrect word in place of one that is similar in pronunciation	60
3613972914	metaphor	comparison using is	61
3613973862	metonymy	word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word (ex: suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing)	62
3613979058	mood	overall atmosphere created by the tone	63
3613980879	moral (NOT morale)	principles of right conduct; distinction between right and wrong	64
3613984206	motif	a recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story	65
3613987145	narrative	a story or account of events/experiences	66
3613988235	nom de plume	pseudonym/pen name	67
3613989435	novel	a long narrative (prose) which describes fictional characters and events	68
3613991253	novella	shorter than a novel	69
3613994521	nuance	a subtle degree of difference in meaning/feeling/tone	70
3613995621	onomatopoeia	mimics sound of the action it refers to	71
3613997848	oxymoron	two contradictory words put together in one phrase	72
3613998950	paradox	a statement that contradicts itself but can still be true	73
3614000349	paraphrase	restatement of speech or writing	74
3614003560	parallel structure vs. parallelism	ps=repetition of grammatical form p=uses elements identical in sound, meaning, or meter to add symmetry (emphasis); intact phrasing/not changed	75
3614011320	parody	work that closely imitates for comic effect or ridicule	76
3614014654	pedantic	overly concerned with details/overly scholarly (word, phrase, or general tone)	77
3614017190	periodic sentence	has the main clause (predicate) at the end	78
3614018931	personification	giving human actions to non-living things	79
3614021210	phrase	group of words that express a concept and is used within a sentence	80
3614025924	picaresque novel	genre that depicts a roguish hero of low social class who lives by his wits in a corrupt society	81
3614028854	plot	action that occurs in a story (events)	82
3614029773	point of view	perspective the story is told from	83
3614030748	prose	"ordinary writing"/paragraph form	84
3614032028	proverb	short saying that is widely used to express an obvious truth	85
3614037135	pseudonym	pen name	86
3614037136	pun	play on words	87
3614038025	realism	portrays life in a faithful, accurate manner unclouded by false ideals	88
3614039133	repetition	repeating a word	89
3614040122	rhetoric	use of exaggeration on display; effect use of language (persuasion)	90
3614042146	rhetorical devices	technique an author uses to convey a meaning with the goal of persuading them	91
3614044733	rhetorical modes	method of presenting a subject through writing or speech/argument cause and effect	92
3614048940	rhetorical question	question asked in order to make a point rather than elicit an answer	93
3614050397	roman a clef	story based on real characters and events known to the author but presented under fictitious names (critiques)	94
3614054826	satire	vices, follies, etc. are held up to ridicule ideally with the intent of shaming	95
3614057017	semantics	relationship between signifiers (words) and what they stand for; their denotation	96
3614060355	simile	comparison using like or as	97
3614062473	spoonerism	an error in speech or deliberate play on words in which corresponding sound (letters) are switched between two words	98
3614065562	style	the way an author writes (diction, syntax, figurative language)	99
3615664893	syllogism	rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general and then draws a conclusion about something more specific	100
3615668776	symbol	an object (or word) to represent an abstract idea	101
3615672005	syntax	sentence structure; how words and phrases are arranged	102
3615677700	theme	universal truth (central topic/meaning of the work as a whole)	103
3615682930	thesis	summarizes the main point or claim of an essay	104
3615685288	third person limited	the narrator only knows thoughts and feelings of one character	105
3615688718	third person omniscient	narrator knows all thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters	106
3615690363	tone	author's attitude toward the subject	107
3615692127	tragedy	main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow due to their tragic flaw	108
3615695784	understatement/litotes	attributes less importance than the subject would seem to demand	109
3615698750	verbal irony	describes something in a way other than it seems	110
3615702398	verse	division/group of words in a poetic composition	111
3615706294	voice	writing style of the author (uniqueness)	112
3615712340	medieval literature	middle ages: three main topics were chivalry, magic, and love	113
3615717052	Elizabethan literature	Renaissance; highly stylized (Shakespeare): time of discovery (late 18th century)	114
3615724169	Romanticism	emphasized inspiration, subjectivity, and primacy of the individual	115
3615721456	Victorianism	novels were much more popular as literacy rates rose (a focus on the highly moralistic, straitlaced language and behavior of Victorian morality)	116
3615728904	Modernism	broke with classical and traditional forms of literature	117