AP LITERATURE VOCAB Flashcards

9752076978	Pun	a play on words	0
9752078485	Metonomy	the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part	1
9752081982	Litotes	(meiosis) a form of understatement which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis "it's not the best weather today"	2
9752104168	Oxymoron	a term consisting of contradictory statements juxtaposed	3
9752111849	Personification	a Figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics	4
9752114237	Rhetorical Question	a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a response	5
9752122224	Hyperbole	overstatement; exaggeration for rhetoric effect	6
9752124345	synechdoche	a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part	7
9752126085	Apostrophe	a speaker addresses a person or personified thing as not present	8
9752128164	Irony	a mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated; often implying ridicule	9
9752132363	Rhetorical Fragment	sentence fragment used deliberately for a persuasive purpose or to create a desired efffect	10
9752134890	Paradox	occurs when elements of a statement contradict eachother	11
9752143594	Onomatopoeia	the use of words which mimic the sound they describe	12
9752145044	Euphemism	a mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term	13
9752146557	Metaphor	a figure of speech that compares unlike objects	14
9752150298	simile	A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared with "like" or "as"	15
9752153604	Parallelism	the repetition of syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect	16
9752182724	Chiasmus	a reversal in order of words in two otherwise parallelism phrases; ex: "He went to the country. tho the town she went"	17
9752186771	Climax	the high point or turning point of a story or play	18
9752189357	Epanalepsis	a repetition of a word or a phrase with intervening words setting off the repetition, sometimes occurring with a phrase used both at the beginning and end of a sentence	19
9752198796	Antithesis	a rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of grammatical arrangement of words, clauses, or sentences	20
9752202518	Epistrophe	the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses or sentences	21
9752205281	Zeugma	the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way, ex: "to wage war and peace"	22
9752209166	Antimetabole	Repetition of words in reverse order	23
9752218200	Anastrophe	inverted word order from what one expects	24
9752219657	Apposition	A word or phrase placed next to another word in order to define or identify it	25
9752224141	Parenthesis	an explanatory or qualifying word clause or sentence inserted into a passage	26
9752226097	Asyndeton	using no conjunctions to create an effect	27
9752228898	Polysyndeton	using many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect	28
9752231027	Ellipsis	omitting a word implied by the previous clause	29
9752233002	Anadiplosis	repeating a word from the beginning of a clause at the end	30
9752234609	Polyptoton	a rhetorical repetition of the same root word	31
9752236958	Anaphora	the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses	32
9752240674	Alliteration	Repetition of a sound in multiple words	33
9752242375	Assonance	repetition of the vowel of diphthong in in non rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be noticeable	34
9752247160	Consonance	Repetition of consonant sounds	35
9752248932	Abstraction	words or phrases that name things not knowable through senses such as (touch smell taste sight)	36
9752250993	Allegory	a story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic, metaphorical, or possible ethical meaning	37
9752254355	Allusion	A reference to a person place or event well known meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea	38
9752256204	Anachronism	A person, scene, event, or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set	39
9752261694	Analogy	a comparison that points out similarities between dissimilar things	40
9752267211	Anecdote	a brief, revealing account of an individual account of an individual person or incident	41
9752271242	Aphorism	a statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise or witty manner	42
9752274600	Archetype	a typical character, an action, or a situation that seems to represent universal pattern of human nature	43
9752278234	Catharsis	an emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal, or achieve a state of liberation from anxiety and stress	44
9752284586	Cliche	refers to an expression that has been overused to the extent that it loses its original meaning or novelty	45
9752289300	Colloquialism	the use of informal words, phrases, or even slang in a piece of writing	46
9752404780	Conceit	a kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising clever way; extended metaphor	47
9752425981	Didactic	works that often have morals to impart or are written to teach us something about religion, philosophy, history, or politics	48
9752452634	Dramatic irony	a form of irony that is expressed through works structure; audience knows something characters don't	49
9752459849	Elegy	poem or song written in honor of someone deceased	50
9752461250	Epic simile	a comparison that may be as long as a dozen lines	51
9752462665	Epigram	a memorable, brief, interesting and surprising satirical statement	52
9752472902	Epithet	the application of a word or phrase to someone that describes that person's attributes or qualities	53
9752474831	Eulogy	a formal speech praising a person who has died	54
9752476991	Fable	succinct fictional story, in prose or verse that features talking animals gives moral lesson	55
9752480990	Farce	type of comedy that makes use of exaggerated situation	56
9752532394	Flat character	a character in fiction that does not change too much from the beginning to end	57
9752542596	Foil	a character that shows qualities that are in contrast with qualities of another character	58
9752553365	Hamaratia	a personal error in a protagonist's personality h=which brings about his tragic downfall	59
9752555888	Hubris	pride	60
9752556890	idiom	a set expression or a phrase compromising two or more words	61
9752560802	Motif	any recurring element that has symbolic significance	62
9752567579	Parable	Presents a short story typically with a moral lesson	63
9752569505	parody	an imitation of a writer, artist, subject or genre in such a way as to make fun of or comment of the original work	64
9752591774	Round characters	complex characters that undergo development	65
9752604429	Satire	irony or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly	66
9752606310	situational irony	irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended	67
9752620913	Soliloquy	monologue given by character in a play who is alone on stage	68
9752623701	symbolism	practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract	69
9752629708	verbal irony	irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another	70
9752632065	Vernacular	using a language or dialect native to a region or country	71
9752633155	volta	point of change in a poem	72
9752634059	Reinassance	European literature which was influenced by intellectual and cultural tendencies	73
9752637387	Naturalism	a style and theory of representation based on the accurate dedication	74
9752639110	Romanticism	a movement that originated in the late 18th century emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and primacy of the individual	75
9752644930	Transcendentalism	It taught divinity pervades all nature and humanity , in order to understand the nature of reality	76
9752649802	Realism	attempt to represent subject matter truthfully	77
9752651578	Modernism	aims to break break classical and traditional forms	78
9752653468	Limited point of view	3rd person, narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one characters	79
9752660648	Omniscient point of view	narrator knows all the thoughts, actions and feeling of them characters	80
9752665842	The other	the other lacks identity, propriety, purity, and literary	81
9752669038	Byronic Hero	antihero; lacks hero qualities but evokes sympathy takes responsibility	82
9752671456	Foil	a character show qualities in contrast of another	83
9752675283	Antihero	a character that lacks heroic quality	84
9752737744	Death of a Salesman	Arthur Miller	85
9752738760	Paradise Lost	John Milton	86
9752740820	Hamlet	William Shakespeare	87
9752742171	Wuthering Heights	Emily Bronte	88
9752743148	1984	George Orwell	89