The Language of Literature AP Lit Flashcards

9888722977	allegory	a type of narrative in which most of the objects, characters and actions are symbolic, I.E. they are equated with meanings beyond the story itself; a narrative with two complete layers of meaning-literal and symbolic	0
9888744774	alliteration	a sound device in which consonant sounds found at the beginnings of words are closely repeated	1
9888748312	allusion	a Figure of speech that makes a direct or indirect reference to a presumably familiar thing or person. Allusions are frequently made to historical events, the Bible, classical mythology, other literary works, or even popular culture.	2
9888757879	anaphora	a syntactical technique in which a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, phrases or sentences	3
9888761242	antagonist	The character or force in a narrative who works against the protagonist	4
9888765757	antithesis	a syntactical scheme in which sharply opposing ideas are expressed within a balanced grammatical structure, as in "Man proposes, God disposes" or "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Antitheses are examples of parallelism	5
9888782239	apostrophe	a figure of speech that occurs in poetry in which the speaker addresses an inanimate object or a nonexistent or absent person. Requests for inspiration form the muses in poetry are examples of apostrophe, as is the speaker in William Blake's "To Morning" speaking to the sun	6
9888793051	assonance	a sound device in which the same vowel sounds are followed by different consonants. Differes form rhyme in that rhyme is a similarity of vowel and consonant. "Lake" and "fake" demonstrate rhyme; "lake" and ""fate" is ______	7
9888804753	asyndeton	syntactical technique in which conjunctions are omitted between clauses, often resulting in a hurried rhythm or vehement effect: e.g., Veni; vidi; vici (Caesar:"I came; I saw; I conquered"). often emphasizes each item in the list, as opposed to polysyndeton, which can emphasize the length of the list itself.	8
9888818340	consonance	sound device using the repetition of final consonant sounds, especially when the proceeding vowel sounds are different, as in "first and Last"	9
9888822403	denotation	the most literal meaning of a word	10
9888826132	elegy	type of lyric poem that laments the death of a person, or presents a mediation on death in general	11
9888831774	hyperbole	figure of speech that employs deliberate exaggeration; overstatement	12
9888834497	verbal irony	figure of speech in which the opposite of what is meant is stated	13
9888837908	dramatic irony	when a reader or audience is aware of something that a character is not, often creating a duality in what that character says	14
9888841602	situational irony	when there is a marked contrast between what is normally expected or hoped for and what actually occurs	15
9888845546	loose sentence	syntactical technique in which a sentence is grammatically complete before the end of the sentence: an independent clause followed by any number of dependent clauses	16
9888853826	lyric poetry	poetry consisting of brief, subjective poems strongly marked by imagination, melody, emotion , creating a single, unified expression, in contrast to a narrative poem	17
9888860380	metonymy	figure of speech in which the name of an object is substituted with another object to which it has some relation	18
9888865118	motif	repeated character type, image, other literary element that throughout a sing work of literature or multiple works over a period of time	19
9888871813	paradox	figure of speech in which a apparently self-contradictory statement reveals a greater truth	20
9888875153	periodic sentence	syntactical technique in which a sentence isn't complete until the very end; in other words, the dependent or main clause is placed just before the period, having been preceded by several dependent clauses	21
9888884062	first person point of view	relates event s in the story as they are experienced by a single character. This character tells the story and may offer opinions about the action and characters. He or she is a part oft cha action of the story and thus interacts with other characters.	22
9888892632	third person objective	nonparticipant narrator experiences the vents of the story and can report only what he or she experiences.	23
9888899163	third person omniscient	non participant narrator not only experiences the events for the story but also has knowledge of a character's thoughts, events that came before and after the story, and simultaneous evens.	24
9888907438	third person limited	nonparticipant narrator not only experiences the events of a story and reports them but is also capable of looking into the midd of a single character, thus the story is told through the eyes of a single character	25
9888921451	polysyndeton	syntactical technique characterized by the deliberate use of many conjunctions to highlight quantity or mass of detail	26
9888927176	pun	figure of speech that employs words that have similar sounds but different meanings	27
9888929849	simile	figure of speech in which a directly stated comparison is made, usually using "like" or "as"	28
9888934597	soliloquy	and extended speech in which a character is alone(or thinks he or she is alone) on stage	29
9888940805	synesthesia	figure of speech in which the senses are intermingles; the sensing, for example, of certain sounds through colors and odors: e.g.: "soft as ones, green as meadows."	30
9888947498	symbol	figure of speech in which an object, person, or even represents something else withough losing its original identy	31
9888955442	synecdoche	figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole object or idea	32
9888958293	theme	central, universal idea that a literary work points to	33
9888959919	tone	the narrator or speaker's feelings toward the subjects of the work; the emotional meaning of a work	34
9888963666	tragedy	drama in prose or poetry in which a noble or excellent character falls from nobility or excellence to a lowly state	35
9888968148	verisimilitude	literally, the "likeness to truth;" the degree to which a literary work believably represent reality	36
9888975275	understatement	a figure of speech in which the literal meaning what is said or written falls noticeably shot of what is meant, usually creating an ironic effect	37