AP literature definitions Flashcards

4389465934	Allegory	Narrative with multiple levels of meaning	0
4389465935	Allusion	References (historical biblical etc)	1
4389465936	Anecdote	Brief story or tale	2
4389465937	Antagonist	Force opposing main character	3
4389465938	Archetype	Reoccurring patters (characters actions themes etc)	4
4389465939	Ballad	Narrative poem originally meant to be sung	5
4389465940	Blank verse	Unrhymed in iambic pentameter	6
4389465941	Caricature	Exaggeration of a characters feature	7
4389465942	Colloquial	Ordinary language	8
4389465943	Conceit	Comparison of two unlikely things	9
4389465944	Connotations	Meaning suggested by a word other than the literal definition	10
4389465945	Couplet	Two paired lines of poetry	11
4389486194	Elegy	Poetic lament upon death of a particular person	12
4389486195	Exposition	Introduction of characters or distinctions at the start of a story or play	13
4389486196	Fable	Legend or short moral story which often uses animals	14
4389486197	Farce	Use of humor in a story	15
4389486198	In media res	Starting story in the middle of an action	16
4389543145	Juxtapose	To place side by side	17
4389543146	Lyric	Short poem with intense personal emotional rather than a description of the situation	18
4389543147	Ode	Lyric poem with elaborate structure praising something	19
4389543148	Oxymoron	Humorous combining two contradictory elements	20
4389543149	Parable	Short fiction illustrating explicit moral lesson through analogy	21
4389543150	Paradox	Seemingly contradictory statement that may be true	22
4389543151	Pastoral	Work describing simple life of country folks	23
4389543152	Refrain	Repeated stanza or line	24
4389543153	Satire	Literary work that ridicules human failings	25
4389543154	Synecdoche	When a part is used to signify a whole	26