AP Literature Words Flashcards
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| 9768455240 | Allegory | A metaphor in a "whole". Ex.) Allegory of the cave | 0 | |
| 9768508207 | Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. | 1 | |
| 9768635208 | Anachronism | An event or object that is chronologically (time) out of place | 2 | |
| 9768664669 | Analogy | a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification. | 3 | |
| 9768833400 | Anecdote | Short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident. Ex.) Talking about weekend | 4 | |
| 9768902057 | Aphorism | a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." | 5 | |
| 9768987598 | Apostrophe | when a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present in the poem. The speaker could be addressing an abstract concept like love, a person (dead or alive), a place, or even a thing, like the sun or the sea. | 6 | |
| 9769191487 | Approximate rhyme | A term used for words in a rhyming pattern that have some kind of sound correspondence but are not perfect rhymes. Often words at the end of lines at first seem like they will rhyme but are not pronounced in perfect rhyme. | 7 |