AP Literature and Composition Flashcards

5004788437	Apostrophe	An exclamatory figure speech When the speaker in a literary work speaks to an object, idea, or someone who doesn't exist as if it is a living person. When a writer detaches their-self from reality and addresses an imaginary character. A term used when a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present in the poem. The speaker could be addressing an abstract concept like love, place, or thing. Ex: twinkle twinkle little star How I wonder what you are And Car, please get me to work today (Sort of like personification)	0
5004788438	Assonance	When two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds. Ex: the engineer held the steering to steer the vehicle.	1
5004788439	Allegory	A story Poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically moral of political one (deeper meaning of something) Ex: Animal Farm-boxer=working class, pigs=people in power, squealer=propaganda	2
5004788440	Alliteration	When you have words next or near each other that have the same letter or sound at the beginning Ex: The tall towers tilted before Tim	3
5004788441	Anaphora	The deliberate repetition of a phrase (first part of a sentence- could be the same word or words) begin repeated at the beginning of the sentences to add emphasis Ex: Every single say you let me down. Every single day you make me mad. Every single day you do such silly things.	4
5018140942	Antithesis	Where two opposite ideas that are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. Ex: money is the root of all evil; poverty is the fruit of all goodness That's one step for man, one giant leap for mankind.	5
5018140943	Allusion	A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance that is out of the work of literature Ex: hey guys? Guess who the new Newton of our school is? - Newton, referring to a smart kid. Don't act like a Romeo	6
5018140944	Breve	A symbol placed over a vowel to show that it has a short sound	7
5018140945	Cliché Rhyme	Rhymes that are considered predictable. It is overused so much to the point that it loosing its original and more significant meaning Ex: love and dove	8
5018140946	Cacophony	The usage of several unharmonious or dissonant sounds in a line or passage. These unharmonious and dissonant sounds include the explosive consonants k, t, g, d, p, and b, and the hissing sounds ch, sh, and s. Ex: 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves,an And the mome raths outgrabe	9
5037794015	Couplet	Successive (right after one another) pair of lines in a poem that usually runes and contain the same meter. Ex: my love will never grow It is always a show	10
5037794016	Character	Any person, animal, thing, or figure represented in a literary work. The qualities of a distinctive individual.	11
5037794017	Dictation	Choice of words especially with regard the correctness, clearness, or effectiveness	12
5037794018	Double Entendre	A figure of speech that might have multiple senses interpretations or two meanings of that could be understood in two different ways. Ex: "I do wish you could chat longer, but...I'm having an old friend for dinner	13
5037794019	Explication	To explain or analyze something such as an idea or work of literature.	14
5037794020	Euphony	Words and phrases that have a harmonious combination of sounds and pleasant to listen to. Ex: sonnet 18	15
5037794021	Heavy Stress	Emphasis that falls on certain syllables Ex: porDUCE	16
5037794022	Internal Rhyme	A rhyme involving A word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or next to it (also call middle rhyme) Ex: One of them on a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary	17
5037794023	Meter	A stress and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or the lines of a poem	18
5038076803	Metonymy	A figure of speech I'm which something I'd called by a new name that is related in meaning to the original thing or concept. Ex: the pen is mightier than the sword	19
5038076804	Persona	A character or figurative mask that an actor, writer, or senior takes on in order to perform. A voice or an assume the role of character that represents the thought of a writer or a specific person the writer wants to present at his mouthpiece	20
5038076805	Prosody	A literary technique, prosody is the study of meter, intonation and rhythm of a poetic work.	21
5038076806	Rhyme	Repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems.	22