AP literature terms Flashcards

9884746990	Simile	is a figure of thought in which one kind of thing is compared to a different object, concept, or experience. uses words "like" or "as"	0
9884746991	Trope	words or phrases used to show an obvious change in meaning	1
9884746992	Metaphor	a word or phrase that in literal use designates one kind of thing to a different object, without using direct comparison	2
9884746993	Tenor	the literal subject of a metaphorical comparison, the aspect that "holds" the meaning (literal comparison)	3
9884746994	Vehicle	the analogy of a metaphorical comparison, the part that "conveys" the comparison (figurative comparison)	4
9884746995	Personification	a figure of thought in which an abstract concept, animal, or inanimate object is treated as though it were alive or had human attributes	5
9884746996	Allegory	an extended form of personification in which an abstract concept is presented as though it were a character who speaks and acts as an independent being	6
9884746997	Pathetic Fallacy	a special type of personification in which inanimate aspects of nature (i.e. landscape, weather) are represented as having human qualities or feelings	7
9884746998	Synecdoche	figure of thought in which the term for part of something is used to represent the whole (a fleet of ships may be described as "forty sails")	8
9884746999	Metonymy	it substitutes the name of an entity with something else that is closely associated with it ("the throne" instead of "the king")	9
9884747000	irony	presenting a deliberate contrast between two levels of meaning	10
9884747001	verbal irony	implying a meaning different from, and often the complete opposite of, the one that is explicitly stated	11
9884747002	structural irony	an implication of alternate or reversed meaning that pervades a work (unreliable narrator- ex: Holden Caulfield)	12
9884747003	dramatic irony	when the audience is aware of knowledge that one or more of the characters lacks considered tragic irony if in a tragedy	13
9884747004	comic irony	an implied worldview in which characters are led to embrace false hopes of aid or success, only to be defeated by some larger force, such as God or fate	14
9884747005	apostrophe	an address to a dead or absent person or to an inanimate object or abstract concept	15
9884747006	rhetorical question	a figure of speech in which a question is posed not to solicit a reply but to emphasize a foregone or clearly implied conclusion	16
9884747007	anaphora	the intentional repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines, stanzas, sentences, or paragraphs	17
9884747008	antithesis	a figure of speech in which words or phrases that are parallel in order and syntax express opposite or contrasting meanings ("It was the best of times, it was the worst of times")	18
9884747009	chiasmus	a figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the comparable words ("the land was ours before we were the land's")	19
9884747010	hyperbole	a trope in which a point is stated in a way that is greatly exaggerated	20
9884747011	understatement	a form of irony in which a point is deliberately expressed as less, in magnitude, value or importance, than it actually is	21
9884747012	paradox	a trope in which a statement that appears on the surface to be contradictory or impossible turns out to express an often striking truth	22
9884747013	oxymoron	a compressed paradox that closely links two seemingly contrary elements in a way that turns out to make good sense ("bittersweet" "a living death"	23
9884747014	litotes	a figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite	24
9884747015	periphrasis	a figure of thought in which a point is stated by deliberate circumlocution, rather than directly ("passed away" instead of died)	25
9884747016	pun	a figure of thought that plays on words that have the same or closely similar sounds but have sharply contrasted meanings	26
9884747017	diction	indicates the word choice and phrasing in a literary work. May be described as formal or colloquial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative	27
9884747018	allusion	is a passing reference in a work of literature to another literary or historical work, figure or event.	28
9884747019	analogy	a comparison made between two things to show how they are alike used to clarify	29
9884747020	Imagery	a visual description of an object or scene, especially detailed and vivid ones	30
9884747021	rhyme	is a repetion in two or more nearby words	31
9884747022	end rhyme	the most coming form of rhyme in poetry; the rhyme comes at the end of the lines.	32
9884747023	internal rhyme	places at least one of the rhymes words within the line as in ("dividing and gliding and sliding".)	33
9884747024	eye rhyme	words that look alike but do not rhyme at all.	34
9884747025	half rhyme	the sounds are almost but not exactly alike (seam/swim)	35
9884747026	setting	is the time and place in which the events in a work occur	36
9884747027	alliteration	The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a sequence of words, usually at the beginning of a word or stressed syllable	37
9884747028	consonance	consists of identical consonant sounds preceded by different vowel sounds (ex: home, same; worth, breath)	38
9884747029	assonance	The repetition of internal vowel sounds in nearby words that do not end that same, for example, "asleep under a tree" or "each evening." Similar endings result in rhyme, as in "asleep in the deep." It is a strong means of emphasizing important words in a line.	39
9884747030	onomatopoeia	A term referring to the use of a word that resembles the sound it denotes. (Buzz, rattle, bang, and sizzle)	40
9884747031	symbolism	is an object, action, or event that represents something or creates a range of associations beyond itself	41
9884747032	atmosphere	predominant mood or tone in all or part of a literary work. (joyous, tranquil, melancholy)	42
9884747033	couplet	is a pair of rhymed lines of the same length and meter	43
9884747034	tercet	is a group of three lines, usually sharing same rhyme	44
9884747035	quatrain	consisting of four lines, is the most common stanza	45
9884747036	refrain	is a word, a parse, a line, or a group of lines repeated at intervals in a poem	46
9884747037	blank verse	is unrhymed iambic pentameter (5 feet per line, unstressed followed by stressed)	47
9884747038	free verse	no rhyme, no rhythm	48
9884747039	enjambment	when one line ends without a pause and continues into the next line for its meaning. Also known as a run-on line.	49
9884747040	end stopped line	A poetic line that has a pause at the end. lines reflect normal speech patterns and are often marked by punctuation	50