Ap Literature Words Flashcards

7767193231	Allusion	A casual reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature, often without explicit identification	0
7767193232	Juxtaposition	the arrangement of two or more things for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development	1
7767193233	Anthropomorphism	which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions or entire behavior to animals, non-human beings, natural phenomena or objects	2
7767193234	Imagery	A common term of variable meaning, imagery includes the "mental pictures" that readers experience with a passage of literature	3
7767193235	Visual Imagery	imagery that invokes colors, shapes, or things that can be seen	4
7767193236	Auditory Imagery	Descriptive language that evokes noise, music, or other sounds	5
7767193237	Kinesthetic Imagery	the representation of the actions and movements of an object or a character	6
7767193238	Olfactory Imagery	imagery dealing with scent	7
7767193239	Gustatory Imagery	imagery dealing with taste	8
7767193240	Irony	the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.	9
7767193241	situational irony	in which accidental events occur that seem oddly appropriate, such as the poetic justice of a pickpocket getting his own pocket picked	10
7767193242	Verbal Irony	which a speaker makes a statement in which its actual meaning differs sharply from the meaning that the words ostensibly express	11
7767193243	dramatic irony	involves a situation in a narrative in which the reader knows something about present or future circumstances that the character does not know	12
7767193244	Foreshawdowing	Suggesting, hinting, indicating, or showing what will occur later in a narrative	13
7767193245	Mood	in literature, a feeling, emotional state, or disposition of mind—especially the predominating atmosphere or tone of a literary work	14
7767193246	Motif	A conspicuous recurring element, such as a type of incident, a device, a reference, or verbal formula, which appears frequently in works of literature	15
7767193247	Symbol	A word, place, character, or object that means something beyond what it is on a literal level	16
7767193248	Contextual Symbol	A unique or original symbol an author creates within the context of an individual work or an author's collected works	17
7767193249	Cultural Symbol	A symbol widely or generally accepted as meaning something specific within an entire culture or social group, as opposed to a contextual symbol created by a single author	18
7767193250	Theme	A central idea or statement that unifies and controls an entire literary work	19
7767193251	Thesis	is an argument, either overt or implicit, that a writer develops and work	20
7767193252	Tone	the means of creating a relationship or conveying an attitude or mood	21