AP Literature vocabulary terms Flashcards

7133320856	Allusion		0
7133320858	Attitude	A speaker's, author's, or character's disposition toward or opinion of a subject.	1
7133320859	Diction	word choice	2
7133320860	Figurative language		3
7133320861	Metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	4
7133320862	Simile	comparison using like or as	5
7133320863	Irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	6
7133320864	Literal language	language that means exactly what it says	7
7133320865	Imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	8
7133320866	Tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	9
7133320867	Symbol	something that stands for something else	10
7133320868	Syntax	The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.	11
7133320869	Theme	Central idea of a work of literature	12
7133320870	Setting	The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.	13
7133320871	Structure	the arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work	14
7133320872	Style	the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work	15
7133320873	Satire	A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness	16
7133320874	Contrast	a great or striking difference	17
7133320875	Repitition	Repeating a word, phrase, or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect	18
7133320876	Paradox		19
7133320877	Understatement	A statement that says less than what is meant	20
7133320878	Sarcasm	the use of irony to mock or convey contempt	21
7133320879	Rhetorical question	A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.	22
7133320881	Point of view	The perspective from which a story is told	23
7133320882	Direct charecterization		24
7133320883	Indirect charecterization		25
7133320884	Juxtaposition		26
7133320885	Allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning	27
7133320886	Ambiguity		28
7133320887	Apostrophe	Addressing something nonhuman as if it were human Example: Death, be not proud . . .	29
7133320888	Conotation	the emotional attachment placed on a word	30
7133320889	Convention		31
7133320890	Denotation		32
7133320891	Didactic		33
7133320892	Digression		34
7133320893	Epigram		35
7133320894	Euphemism		36
7133320895	Grotesque		37
7133320896	Hyperbole		38
7133320897	Jargon	vocabulary distinctive to a particular group of people	39
7133320898	Literal	Exactly true, rather than figurative or metaphorical	40
7133320899	Lyrical	expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like	41
7133320900	Oxymoron	a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction	42
7133320901	Parable		43
7133320902	Paradox		44
7133320903	Parody		45
7133320904	Personification		46
7133320905	Reliability		47
7133320906	Soliloquy		48
7133320907	Stereotype	A generalized belief about a group of people	49
7133320908	Syllogism		50
7133320909	Thesis	a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.	51
7133320910	Antecedent		52
7133320911	Clause		53
7133320912	Ellipsis		54
7133320913	Imperative		55
7133320914	Modify		56
7133320915	Parallel structure		57
7133320916	Periodic sentence		58