Ap Literature Vocab Flashcards

9654922386	Analogy	A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way	0
9654922387	Anecdotes	Short, humorous stories	1
9654922388	Anthropomorphism	attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object (Personification)	2
9654922389	Anithesis	Two sentences of contrasting meaning being used in close proximity to one another	3
9654922390	Aphorism	A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief	4
9654922391	Archetype	A reference to a concept, person or object that is a prototype of its kind	5
9654922392	Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds	6
9654922393	Asyndeton	A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions	7
9654922394	Bildungsroman	A novel or story whose theme is the moral or psychological growth of the main character.	8
9654922395	cacophony	harsh, jarring noise	9
9654922396	Characterization	A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.	10
9654922397	Chiasmus	A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed	11
9654922398	Conflict	A struggle between opposing forces	12
9654922399	Connotation	All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests	13
9654922400	Consonance	Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.	14
9654922401	diction (n)	word choice; terminology; enunciation	15
9654922402	doppelganger	Refers to a character in the story that is actually a counterfeit or copy of genuine character	16
9654922403	epilogue	short speech at conclusion of dramatic work	17
9654922404	euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	18
9654922405	euphony	pleasant, harmonious sound	19
9654922406	Flashback	when a portion of the story goes back in time	20
9654922407	Foil	A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or story.	21
9654922408	Foreshadowing	the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot	22
9654922409	Hubris	Excessive pride or self-confidence	23
9654922410	Hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	24
9654922411	internal rhyme	a rhyme between words in the same line	25
9654922412	Inversion	refers to the practice of changing the conventional placement of words	26
9654922413	Irony	Contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality	27
9654922414	Juxtaposition	Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts	28
9654922415	Litotes	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite	29
9654922416	malapropism	a word humorously misused	30
9654922417	Metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	31
9654922418	Metonymy	substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it	32
9654922419	Mood	Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader	33
9654922420	Motif	a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.	34
9654922421	Onomatopoeia	Refers to the use of words whose sound reinforces their meaning	35
9654922422	Oxymoron	Contrasting concepts placed together in a manner that actually end up making sense in a strange and slightly complex manner	36
9654922423	Paradox	The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight	37
9654922424	periodic structure	a sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end	38
9654922425	Periphrasis	The use of excessive and longer words to convey a meaning that could have been stated briefly	39
9654922426	Personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	40
9654922427	Plot	Sequence of events in a story	41
9654922428	point of view	the perspective from which a story is told	42
9654922429	Polysyndeton	the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural	43
9654922430	portmanteau	a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings	44
9654922431	Puns	Imagery - Play on words, double meaning.	45
9654922432	rhyme scheme	the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.	46
9654922433	Satire	A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness	47
9654922434	Setting	The time and place of a story	48
9654922435	Simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	49
9654922436	Stanza	A group of lines in a poem	50
9654922437	stream of consciousness	A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.	51
9654922438	Suspense	a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.	52
9654922439	Symbol	anything that stands for or represents something else	53
9654922440	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	54
9654922441	Synesthesia	describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")	55
9654922442	Syntax	Sentence structure	56
9654922443	Theme	Central idea of a work of literature	57
9654922444	Tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	58
9654922445	Tradegy	a serious play with a sad ending	59
9654922446	Understatement	A statement that says less than what is meant	60
9654922447	verisimilitude	(n.) the quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable	61
9654922448	verse	A single line of poetry	62