AP Literature Vocab Flashcards

11451618285	Allegory	a symbollic story	0
11451621035	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds	1
11451625998	Allusion	A reference to another work of literature, person, or event	2
11451631518	Ambiguity	multiple meanings, unclear	3
11451634975	Anachronism	something that is out of time, chronologically misplaced	4
11451647441	Analogy	an extended comparison that shows how things are the same or how they are different	5
11451657487	Antagonist	bad guy, someone who is/ who is causing the problem	6
11451664005	Aphorism	short saying with a grain of truth	7
11451667765	Antithesis	exact opposite	8
11451674612	Apostrophe	directly talking to someone who is not present	9
11623157037	Archetype	first model or the best model of something	10
11623178241	Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds	11
11623204520	Ballad	a song or poem that tells a story	12
11623220730	Bathos	Greek letdown or anticlimax	13
11623245421	Blank Verse	verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter	14
11623289938	Bombast	pompous or pretentious talk or writing	15
11623309730	Burlesque	funny but naughty, might include bad language or sex	16
11623348632	Cacophony	very harsh, loud, unpleasant sound	17
11623376184	Charicature	a depiction that shows accentant qualities	18
11657171760	Carpe Diem	seize the day	19
12982972254	Cliche	a phrase that is overused and should be avoided	20
12982989128	Climax	Most exciting point in a story	21
12983009336	Conceit	In a poem, a metaphor that is so elaborate it becomes a character	22
12983036885	Connotation	implied or personal meaning of a word	23
12983071841	Consonance	repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a word	24
12983113206	Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word	25
12983141486	Denouement	the end or the resolution of something	26
12983163454	deus ex machina	"god in the machine"	27
12983214358	Diction	word choice and style	28
12983231919	Dramatic Irony	when the audience knows something that the characters on stage do not	29