AP Literature Terms Flashcards

7918374746	Accent	Syllable given more prominence in pronuncation	0
7918382191	Active Voice	Subject does the action	1
7918389158	Passive voice	Subject acted upon	2
7918393804	Aegis	a shield	3
7918396641	Allegory	a character or other aspect represents something other than its literal meaning	4
7918464842	Alliteration	Repetition of beginning consonant sounds	5
7918475236	Allusion	Reference to a person, book, myth ect in literature	6
7918487534	Ambiguity	A word or idea w/ multiple means causing the text to be blurry	7
7918497850	Anachronism	Author deliberately puts events, items, technology in the wrong place	8
7918508576	Anacrusis	A mission of an unaccented syllable at the beginning of a line	9
7918516882	Anadipiosis	Repetition where the last word of a clause is repeated as 1st word in the next clause	10
7918535249	Analogy	Relationship between two different things	11
7918543526	Anaphora	Word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of sentences or clauses that follow each other	12
7918552620	Anecdote	Short example or story significant to explaining topic	13
7918557947	Antagonist	Main opponent of the protagonist	14
7918567454	Antecedent	Word of phrase to which a pronoun refers	15
7918579424	Antithesis	Opposite of intended meaning	16
7918583670	Antihero	Character doesn't have traditional traits	17
7918588826	Aphorism	A statement that expresses general truth or moral principle	18
7918600012	Apostrophe	Reference to something that isn't there or even alive	19
7918614648	Archetypal Elements	Patterns found in literature world wide	20
7918622315	Aside	Brief speech in which the character turns from the audience from the stage	21
7918634166	Assonance	Repetition of internal vowel sounds	22
7918641519	Asyndeton	Skipping of removing conjunctions in a series	23
7918654367	Atmosphere	Mood of a literary work; the feeling surrounding the work	24
7918662387	Aubade	Poem or section about love and dawn	25
7918681810	Ballad	Songlike poem that tells a story	26
7918699666	Bildungs Roman	A work dealing with ones formative or younger years; coming of age story	27
7918711316	Blank verse	Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter of 5 iambs	28
7918730486	Cacophony	Harsh sounding words and arrangement of sounds	29
7918742386	Caesura	A strong pause with a line of poetry in the middle of a line	30
7918753730	Carpe Diem	Seize the Day or go for it	31
7918759298	Catharsis	Emotional release by the audience at the end of a successful tragedy	32
7918771372	Catalog	Listing of terms, ideas, ect in poetry or prose	33
7918779476	Chiasmus	Speaker says one thing but then says something similar but flipped	34
7918789921	Clause	Subjected verb can be independent or subordinate	35
7918795228	Cliche	Word or phrase that is aroused/overdone	36
7918807867	Climax	highest point of tension that doesn't necessarily have to be the main point	37
7918821413	Colloquialism	Use of informal/ regional or slang like expressions not suitable for formal writing	38
7918833089	Conceit	An expression of cleverness usually an extended metaphor or analogy	39
7918847110	Concrete poetry	Poetry about something real/ physical	40
7918854049	Abstract Poetry	Poetry without physical reference or attributes	41
7918859276	Central Conflict	Focused struggle	42
7918868496	Connotation	Implied or associative meaning of a word	43
7918874059	Consonance	Consistently copied consonant sound	44
7918883916	Denouement	the authors complete wrap up of a work	45
7918889623	Denotation	Dictionary definition of a word	46
7918897836	Local Color/ Dialect	The language, slang, idioms, vocal accents, and colloquialisms of a region	47