AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards

8728363375	Oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	0
8728363376	Epithet	A descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something	1
8728363377	Metonymy	the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant	2
8728363378	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	3
8728363379	idiom	an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up	4
8728363380	Colloquialism	informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing	5
8728363381	euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	6
8728363382	cliche	a worn-out idea or overused expression	7
8728363383	Personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	8
8728363384	pathetic fallacy	ascribing feelings to things	9
8728363385	Synaesthesia	the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another	10
8728363386	Aposiopesis	breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)	11
8728363387	Apostrophe	A figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman	12
8728363388	Paralipsis	Pretending to omit something by drawing attention to it	13
8728363389	Periphrasis	a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things	14
8728363390	Onomotopoeia	use of words that imitate sounds-CRASH, BANG, HISS	15
8728363391	pun	a play on words	16
8728363392	rhetorical question	A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer	17
8728363393	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds	18
8728363394	Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds	19
8728363395	cacophony	harsh, jarring noise	20
8728363396	euphony	pleasant, harmonious sound	21
8728363397	Parallelism	Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other	22
8728363398	Chiasmus	a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases	23
8728363399	Zeugma	use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one	24
8728363400	trope	language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense	25
8728363401	Metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	26
8728363402	simile	comparison using like or as	27
8728363403	extended metaphor	A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.	28
8728363404	allusion	A reference to another work of literature, person, or event	29
8728363405	Allegory	A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions	30
8728363406	Paradox	a contradiction or dilemma	31
8728363407	Meiosis	understatement used deliberately	32
8728363408	Litotes	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite	33
8728363409	Hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	34
9578848070	deus ex machina	an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation	35
9578848071	Bathos	The use of insincere or overdone sentimentality	36