AP Literature Terms Flashcards

3518457824	antithesis	a figure of speech in which opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other.	0
3518457825	analogy	comparison of two similar but different objects	1
3518457826	anaphora	repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, lines, or sentences	2
3518457827	aphorism	a brief pithy saying, usually characterized by the strongly contrasting words, clauses, ideas, or sentences; a balancing of one term against another for impressiveness and emphasis.	3
3518457828	apostrophe	usually in poetry, the device calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction; or a sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person	4
3518457829	alliteration	repetition of same sounds at the beginning of words that are in close proximity to one another	5
3518457830	anecdote	a short simple story often used for humorous effect or to make a point or introduce a topic	6
3518457831	allusion	brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature, often without explicit identification.	7
3518457832	allegory	writing that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one; a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures, and events	8
3518457833	asyndeton	the omission of conjunctions in a sentence to create emphasis or clarity	9
3518457834	begging the question	a fallacy in argumentation that assumes in the premise what the arguer should be trying to prove in the conclusion	10
3518457835	bildungsroman	any writing in which the theme is the coming of age; character moves from youth to maturity	11
3518457836	cacophony	harsh, sharp, hissing, or dissonant sound used deliberately in poetry or prose	12
3518457837	caricature	descriptive drawing or description that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person's appearance	13
3518457838	chiasms	a figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first two parallel clauses is reversed by the second. This may involve the repetition of the same or just a reversed parallel between two corresponding pairs of ideas.	14
3518457839	cliche	any expression that has been used so often it has lost its freshness	15
3518457840	connotation	implied or suggested meaning to a word because of its context or usage	16
3518457841	consonance	the final consonants of the stressed syllables match each other,but the vowels differ	17
3518457842	conundrum	a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun; it may also be a paradox or difficult problem	18
3518457843	deductive reasoning	moves from a general premise to a specific conclusion; top down argument	19
3518457844	denotation	the literal meaning of a word as defined in a dictionary	20
3518457845	description	a type of writing using sensory details to create imagery	21
3518457846	dialect	a regional or social variety of a language distinguished primarily by pronunciation, but could also be distinguished by grammar, spelling, or vocab; the language used by the people of a specific area, class, district, or any other group of people	22
3518457847	diction	word choice, an element of style; it creates tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning.	23
3518457848	didactic	intended to instruct or teach	24