AP literature vocab Flashcards
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| 8072647849 | Abstract | Turning an abstract large piece of work into a short and simple summary that people can grasp | 0 | |
| 8072647850 | Adage | A fact that Is hidden in a fable type of statement Ex: fish and visitors stink after three days | 1 | |
| 8072647851 | Allegory | A story with a hidden or symbolic Ex: A rose for Emily | 2 | |
| 8072647852 | Alliteration | A repetition of same consonant sound in a line | 3 | |
| 8072647853 | Allusion | An implied or indirect reference that bring meaning to a sentence | 4 | |
| 8072647854 | Ambiguity | A vagueness of meaning Ex: the raven | 5 | |
| 8072647855 | Anachronism | A person, event, scene or any element that doesn't fit in the literature | 6 | |
| 8072647856 | Analogy | A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things | 7 | |
| 8072647857 | Annotation | A summary of a piece work or a sentence that grabs or analyzes | 8 | |
| 8072647858 | Antagonist | A character or force in a work of literature that opposes the protagonist | 9 | |
| 8072647859 | Antithesis | Two clauses that contrast but my sense Ex: a small step for man, on gainer leap for man kind | 10 | |
| 8843889937 | aphorism | A short, pithy of generally accepted truth | 11 | |
| 8843889938 | Apollonian | In contrast to Dionysian, refers to most noble, godlike qualities of human nature and behavior | 12 | |
| 8843889939 | Apostrophe | A rhetorical device in which a speaker addresses a person or personified thing not present | 13 | |
| 8843889940 | archetype | An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form. | 14 | |
| 8843889941 | Assonance | The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prose | 15 | |
| 8843889942 | Ballad | 16 |