AP Lit Semester 1 Flashcards

5435664334	allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.	0
5435664335	antithesis	a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.	1
5435666847	ambiguity	uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language.	2
5435669357	undertone	an underlying quality or feeling.	3
5435669358	antecedent	a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.	4
5435672446	metonymy	the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant..	5
5435674446	parallelism	the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.	6
5435676170	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	7
5435680146	kennings	a compound expression in Old English and Old Norse poetry with metaphorical meaning, e.g., oar-steed = ship	8
5435680147	caesura	(in Greek and Latin verse) a break between words within a metrical foot. (in modern verse) a pause near the middle of a line.	9
5435683445	alliteration	the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.	10
5435762801	allusion	an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.	11
5435765296	symbol	a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.	12
5435767927	elegy	a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.	13
5435769953	eulogy	a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died.	14
5435771681	patronymic	a name derived from the name of a father or ancestor, typically by the addition of a prefix or suffix, e.g., Johnson, O'Brien, Ivanovich.	15
5435774155	thane	(in Anglo-Saxon England) a man who held land granted by the king or by a military nobleman, ranking between an ordinary freeman and a hereditary noble.	16
5435776328	enjambment	(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.	17
5435778396	scansion	the action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm. the rhythm of a line of verse.	18
5435781645	Zeitgeist	the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.	19
5435797529	personification	the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.	20
5435797530	juxtaposition	the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.	21
5435800534	volta	Italian word for "turn." In a sonnet, the volta is the turn of thought or argument: in Petrarchan or Italian sonnets it occurs between the octave and the sestet, and in Shakespearean or English before the final couplet.	22
5435800535	paradox	The term Paradox is from the Greek word "paradoxon" that means contrary to expectations, existing belief or perceived opinion. It is a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth.	23
5435803940	euphony	from the Greek word "euphonos" that means sweet-voiced. It can be defined as the use of words and phrases that are distinguished as having a wide range of noteworthy melody or loveliness in the sounds they create.	24
5435803941	cacophony	the use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing and unmelodious sounds primarily those of consonants to achieve desired results.	25
5435807177	epithet	a descriptive literary device that describes a place, a thing or a person in such a way that it helps in making the characteristics of a person, thing or place more prominent than they actually are. Also, it is known as a by-name or descriptive title.	26
5435807178	satire	a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. It intends to improve humanity by criticizing its follies and foibles.	27
5435819557	Gothic	a style of writing that is characterized by elements of fear, horror, death, and gloom, as well as romantic elements, such as nature, individuality, and very high emotion.	28
5436090389	onomatopoeia	a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting.	29