AP Literature Vocab List 1 Flashcards

5352856806	Extended Metaphor	a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem	0
5352891141	Hyperbole	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally	1
5352893907	Litotes	ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary	2
5352902165	Oxymoron	a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction	3
5352911645	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	4
5352937115	Understatement	the presentation of something as being smaller or less important than it is	5
5352959672	Allusion	an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it directly	6
5352970131	Analogy	a comparison between two unlike things for the purpose of explanation or clarification	7
5352979857	Anaphora	the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect	8
5352987472	Aphorism	a pithy observation that contains a general truth	9
5353005591	Antithesis	a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.	10
5353015056	Epigraph	a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme	11
5353025938	Juxtaposition	the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.	12
5353030471	Parallel Structure	the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence	13
5353036666	Incident	an event or occurance	14
5353039381	Apostrophe	characters addressing other characters or things/ideas that are not present in the scene.	15
5353087999	Synesthesia	the blending of senses	16
5353090891	Rhetorical Question	a question that you ask without expecting an answer	17
5353094762	Bildungsroman	focus on psychological and moral growth of a character	18
5353105769	Anticlimax	conclusion to an event that is much less exciting or important than expected	19
5353109275	Archtype	event or character that seems to be universal and represent the normal	20
5353120052	Confidant	a person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others	21
5353127972	Narrative voice	either character or author's voice	22
5353133432	Suspension of disbelief	a willingness to suspend one's critical faculties and believe the unbelievable; sacrifice of realism and logic for the sake of enjoyment.	23
5353144683	Subplot	story within the main plot and it usually parallel to it	24