AP Literature Vocab Flashcards

10696849895	Alliteration	Definition: The repetition of the same initial consonants of words or of stressed syllables in any sequence of neighboring words. Sy Purpose: Highlights a particular part of a piece through the repetition of initial consonants. The repetition of certain sounds creates emphasizes not only the words in the passage themselves but on the pattern, creating a musical effect.	0
10696849896	Allusion	Definition: An indirect or passing reference to an event, person, place, or artistic work. Purpose: Allows the audience to connect the characteristics of one object/concept to another. More often than not, an allusion in a literary work refers to some feature of another, previous literary work.	1
10696849897	Consonance	Definition: Repetition of consonant sounds two or more times in short succession within a sentence or phrase. Purpose: Device used by writers in order to create focus on a particular part of a piece. In many cases, consonance appears in poetry as a device used to create slant rhymes.	2
10696849898	Diction	Definition: Refers to the author's word choice. Purpose: Umbrella term used to identify an author's choice of words. This is important to define because understanding diction allows the reader to identify other concepts like the tone of a piece, the intended audience, or even the era in which the piece was written.	3
10696849899	Symbol	Definition: A thing that represents or stands for another thing like an object that represents an abstract idea. Purpose: Way for a writer to attach meaning to an object or action, some symbol within the piece, that goes beyond the face-value of the symbol itself. Symbols represent something more than their literal meanings.	4
10696849900	Personification	Definiton: The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristic to a nonhuman or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. Purpose: Applies human characteristics to something nonhuman, thus furthering the writer's use of imagery and figurative language.	5
10696849901	Imagery	Definiton: Visually descriptive or figurative language. Purpose: Used to characterize objects, actions, and ideas in a way that appeals to our physical senses. The true purpose of imagery is to create a visual imagination of the scenarios or things being described.	6
10696849902	Irony	Definition: The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite of what the writer intends to achieve a humorous effect or to add emphasis. Purpose: Show that the words they use do not necessarily represent their intended meaning. Further, irony can be manifest as a situation that does not pan out the way that the audience, speaker, or characters believe it will.	7
10696849903	Assonance	Definition: The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds especially in words that are together.	8
10696849904	Conflict:	Definition: The struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story.	9
10696849905	Connotation	Definition: The associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase, in addition to its strict dictionary definition.	10
10696849906	Flashback	Definition: A scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time.	11
10696849907	Foil	Definition: A character who acts as contrast to another character. Often a funny side kick to the dashing hero, or a villain contrasting the hero.	12
10696849908	Foreshadowing	Definition: The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot.	13