AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards

8589942157	allegory	symbolic story	0
8589943891	alliteration	repetition of beginning consonant sounds	1
8589950087	allusion	reference to a great work of literature	2
8589953588	analogy	extended comparison showing similarities	3
8589956703	antagonist	bad guy; causes the conflict	4
8589960531	antithesis	the exact opposite of	5
8589963129	ambiguity	unclear; having multiple meanings	6
8589968398	apostrophe	addressing someone(something) not physically present	7
8589974453	anachronism	something out of chronological (time) order	8
8589978471	aphorism	short saying with a grain of truth	9
8589984050	archetype	the original,role model,prototype	10
8589990880	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	11
8589993299	ballad	poem adapted to singing, narrative	12
8590000711	bathos	anticlimax	13
8590003674	blank verse	unrhymed verse with iambic pentameter	14
8590008537	bombast	speech too formal, pretentious for occasion	15
8590012007	burlesque	bawdy, funny stage show, mockery	16
8590019379	cacophony	harsh, loud sounds	17
8590023544	caricature	exaggeration of certain aspect; humorous picture	18
8590028260	Carpe Diem	seize the day, enjoy the moment	19
8590033472	cliche`	an overused phrase, trite saying	20
8590041076	climax	the highest point of the action	21
8590044929	conceit	use of elaborate metaphor as a literary characteristic	22
8590051814	connotation	personal, implied meaning	23
8590057588	consonance	repetition of consonant sounds	24
8590062742	denotation	dictionary meaning	25
8590066202	denouement	resolution,ending	26
8590073933	Deus ex Machina	lowering supernatural elements into a play	27
8590077517	diction	word choice	28
8590080195	dramatic irony	irony that the audience is aware/players are not	29
8590088342	dramatic monologue	poetic form where a character addresses a silent listener	30
8590092610	elegy	a sad poem, lament for the dead, dirge	31
8590099014	ellipsis	the omission of information	32
8590101619	epic	a long poem involving a hero, a journey, cultural values	33
8590110442	euphony	agreeable in sound	34
8590112915	exegesis	critical explanation of a text, especially the Bible	35
8590122137	Existentialism	philosophical attitude-individual choices based on conditions	36
8590132589	exposition	introductory information, writing to explain	37
8590139736	explication	to make clear, explain	38
8590144294	Expressionism	distorting objects to show emotion (art)	39
9092023715	fable	a folk story with a moral	40
9092027909	figurative language	writing that uses figures of speech	41
9092031505	flashback	going back to the past	42
9092038176	foreshadowing	predicting the future	43
9092042645	free verse	poetry without meter or rhyme	44
9092046377	genre	a category of literature	45
9092049342	hubris	excessive pride	46
9092053005	Humanism	the study of human nature, humans are essentially good, and the highest being	47
9092060283	humor	something that is funny; internal fluids that determined your personality	48
9092067632	hyperbole	exaggeration for effect	49
9436689032	idyll	state of tranquility	50
9436690642	imagery	creating a mind picture	51
9436692409	Impressionism	a movement where the idea of an object is stressed over its reality	52
9436696231	invective	an insulting language	53
9436699749	irony	an unexpected twist	54
9436700757	lampoon	a comic misrepresentation of something	55
9436702733	lyric	a poem that expresses feelings	56
9436704474	melodrama	over the top drama, overly emotional	57
9436706589	metaphor	a direct comparison, saying something is something else	58
9436712570	metaphysical poetry	poetry that analyzes love and religion	59
9812874624	meter	a poetic measure	60
9812877251	metonymy	using an object to substitute for the name of something well known	61
9812885761	mode	a particular type or form of something	62
9812894092	montage	combining several elements from various sources	63
9812905108	mood	the feeling or prevailing emotional tone the author is trying to achieve	64
9812915427	moral	obeying some truth about how to behave	65
9812920409	motif	a recurring subject, theme, or idea	66
9812927109	muses	Greek goddesses that inspired writers	67
9812936872	myth	story that explains a cultural idea	68
9812941058	narrative	a story about events that happened in someone's life, tells a story	69