AP Literature Terms Flashcards

9872315073	Alliteration	The repetition of the same initial consonants of words or of stressed syllables in any sequence of neighboring words	0
9872315074	Allusion	An indirect or passing reference to an event, person, place, or artistic work	1
9872315075	Analogy	Comparing two things or instances in time often based on their structure and used to explain a complex idea in simpler terms	2
9872315076	Antithesis	A device used to create contrast by placing two parallel but opposite ideas in a sentence	3
9872315077	Consonance	Repetition of consonant sounds two or more times in short succession within a sentence or phrase	4
9872315078	Diction	Refers to the author's word choice	5
9872315079	Ellipsis	When one or more words are omitted from a sentence	6
9872315080	Ethos	A characteristic spirit of a given culture, era, or community or its beliefs; Ethos, in purely rhetorical terms, is a label used to identify an appeal to the ethics of a culture or individual	7
9872315081	Hyperbole	An intentionally exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally but creating a desired humorous effect	8
9872315082	Imagery	Visually descriptive or figurative language	9
9872315083	Irony	The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite of what the writer intends to achieve a humorous effect or to add emphasis.	10
9872315084	Oxymoron	A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction	11
9872315085	Pathos	A quality that evokes pity or sadness	12
9872315086	Personification	The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristic to a nonhuman or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.	13
9872315087	Symbol	A thing that represents or stands for another thing like an object that represents an abstract idea	14
9872766450	Apt	Having a tendency to do something	15
9872766451	Refrain	Reoccurring phrase or verse	16
9872766452	Epilogue	Serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened	17
9872796990	Assonance	Repetition of the sound of a vowel near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (ex. Penitence, reticence)	18
9872796991	Hyperbole	Exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally	19
9872825821	Anaphora	Deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence	20
9872825822	Understatement	Not fully express the extent to which something is true	21