AP Literature Terms Flashcards

9787612805	Allegory	story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities Ex. Animal Farm and Everyman	0
9787640154	Alliteration	repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together	1
9787657966	Allusion	reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture an indirect reference to something	2
9787704059	Anaphora	repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row deliberate form of repetition	3
9787715761	Anastrophe	inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence purpose is rhythm, emphasis, or euphony	4
9787729792	Anecdote	brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, often shows character of an individual	5
9787738643	Antagonist	opponent who struggles against or blocks the hero, or protagonist, in a story	6
9787744419	Antimetabole	repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order "one should eat to live, not live to eat"	7
9787767237	Antithesis	balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure	8