ap literature terms: test two Flashcards

7284091640	alliteration	the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words	0
7284091641	allusion	a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art	1
7284091642	anastrophe	the inversion of the usual order of words or clauses	2
7284091643	antimetabole	repetition of words in reverse order	3
7284091644	anithero	central character who lacks heroic attributes	4
7284091645	apostrophe	splits talking to one person and then switches attention to another character	5
7284091646	direct characterization	tells the audience what the personality of the character is	6
7284091647	conceit	extended metaphor	7
7284091648	internal conflict	a struggle that occurs within an individual	8
7284091649	epistrophe	the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences	9
7284091650	foil	a character who acts as a contrast to another character	10
7284091651	hyberbole	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally	11
7284091652	situational irony	a contrast between what the audience and a character expect and what actually happens	12
7284091653	litotes	a type of understatement in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite	13
7284091654	extended metaphor	a metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.	14
7284091655	mixed metaphor	a metaphor that is used incorrectly by combining two contrasting expressions.	15
7284091656	metonymy	the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant	16
7284091657	onomatopoeia	the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named	17
7284091658	paradox	a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true	18
7284091659	parody	a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner	19
7284091660	polysyndenton	use of multiple conjunctions in close succession	20
7284091661	refrain	the repetition of a similar line, phrase or group of lines repeated throughout a poem	21
7284091662	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	22
7284091663	understatement	attributes less importance to a subject	23
7284097649	pun	play on words	24