AP Literature Gwynn 18-24 Flashcards

6051132718	tenor	the thing being described in a figure of speech	0
6051132719	vehicle	the concrete image in the figure of speech	1
6051132720	figures of speech / tropes	all the types of figurative language that involve some kind of comparison, either explicit or implicit	2
6051132721	metaphor	a direct comparison between two unlike things "his words were sharp knives"	3
6051132722	implied metaphor	a metaphor in which either the tenor or the vehicle is implied, not stated. "The running back gathered steam and chugged toward the end zone."	4
6051132723	simile	a comparison using "like" "as" or "than" as a connective device	5
6051132724	conceit	an extended or far-fetched metaphor, in most cases comparing things that apparently have almost nothing in common "make me, o lord, thy spinning wheel complete"	6
6051132725	Petrarchan conceit	named after the first great master of the sonnet, is a clichéd comparison usually relating to a woman's beauty	7
6051132726	metaphysical conceit	the extended comparisons favored by such so-called metaphysical poets as John Donne, George Herbert, and Edward Taylor.	8
6051132727	hyperbole	an overstatement, a comparison using conscious exaggeration. "and i will love thee still, my dear, till a' the seas gang dry"	9
6051132728	understatement	the opposite of a hyperbole "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore"	10
6051132729	Allusion	a metaphor making a direct comparison to a historical or literary event or character, a myth, a biblical reference, and so forth. "he is a Samson of strength but a Judas of duplicity."	11
6051132730	Metonymy	a use of a related object to stand for the thing actually being talked about. "It's the only white-collar street in this blue collar town" "And O ye high-flown quills that soar the skies, and ever with your prey still catch your praise"	12
6051132731	Synecdoche	use of a part for the whole or vice versa "before the indifferent beak could let her drop"	13
6051132732	Personification	giving human characteristics to nonhuman things or to abstractions	14
6051132733	apostrophe	a variety of personification in which a nonhuman thing, abstraction, or person not physically present is directly addressed as if it could respond. "Milton! Thou shouldst be living at this hour."	15
6051132734	paradox	an apparent contradiction or illogical statement	16
6051132735	oxymoron	a short paradox, usually consisting of an adjective and noun with conflicting meanings	17
6051132736	synesthesia	a conscious mixing of two different types of sensory experience "a raw, red wind rushed from the north"	18
6051132737	transferred epithet	not, strictly speaking, a trope; it occurs when an adjective is "transferred" from the word it actually modifies to a nearby word. "the plowman homeward plods his weary way." (the plowman is weary, not the way he walks)	19
6051194743	allegory	a narrative which exists on at least two levels: a concrete literal level and an abstract, symbolic level. There is parallelism between the two levels.	20
6051200070	symbol	any concrete thing or action that implies a meaning beyond its literal sense	21
6051204839	traditional symbols	symbols that hold roughly the same meanings for members of a given society	22
6051211606	private symbol	symbol that has acquired certain meanings from a single poet's repeated use of it	23
6051216447	incidental symbols	things that are not usually considered symbolic but may be in a particular poem, or symbolic acts, a situation or response that seems of greater than literal meaning	24