AP Literature Vocabulary Words Flashcards
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| 7266907913 | Antagonist | The person who opposes the main character. | 0 | |
| 7266908946 | Concrete Diction | Words that describe physical qualities or conditions. | 1 | |
| 7266910557 | Flashback | Scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous event. | 2 | |
| 7266910558 | Metaphor | Implied comparison. | 3 | |
| 7266912911 | Polysyndeton | The repeated use of conjunction in a sentence ( especially when they are not necessary ). | 4 | |
| 7266914921 | Connotation | The emotional associations evoked by a word . | 5 | |
| 7266916354 | Abstract Diction | Words to describe ideas, emotions, conditions or concepts that are intangible or difficult to define precisely. | 6 | |
| 7266917317 | Foreshadowing | Hint of what is to come, usually negative | 7 | |
| 7266917318 | Mood | Overall atmosphere of work | 8 | |
| 7266918386 | Setting | The time and place in which events in a narrative occur. | 9 | |
| 7266919564 | Denotation | Exact, literal, " dictionary" definition of a word | 10 | |
| 7266920827 | Colloquial Diction | informal expressions | 11 | |
| 7266920828 | Imagery | Words that appeal to the five senses. | 12 | |
| 7266922623 | Motif | Recurring ideas, images, topics, or literary devices that can help to develop the theme/s of a novel. | 13 | |
| 7266922624 | Simile | Comparison of two dissimilar things using "like" or "as" | 14 | |
| 7266924125 | Diction | Word choice. | 15 | |
| 7266925236 | Figurative Language | Words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of something else ( simile, metaphor, personification, etc. ) | 16 | |
| 7266925287 | Irony | The opposite of what is expected. | 17 | |
| 7266927493 | Personification | Giving human characteristics to an object . | 18 | |
| 7266928343 | Symbol | A concrete object that represents an abstract quality or idea. | 19 | |
| 7281212188 | abstruse | difficult to understand | 20 | |
| 7281212189 | clemency | the quality of showing compassion, forgiveness, or mercy | 21 | |
| 7281212257 | rebuff | to treat with contempt, especially by ignoring | 22 | |
| 7281214588 | virtuoso | a highly skilled artist | 23 | |
| 7281214589 | despondent | depressed, gloomy | 24 | |
| 7281215790 | epic | long heroic poem, or similar work of art | 25 | |
| 7281215791 | hardy | sturdy, robust, able to to stand inclement weather | 26 | |
| 7281215792 | oblivion | the state of being completely forgotten or unknown | 27 | |
| 7281218746 | volatile | explosive; threatening to break out into violence | 28 | |
| 7281224912 | concise | brief and compact | 29 |