AP Literary Terminology Flashcards

6431851153	Connotation	An additional meaning that a word, image, or phrase may carry, apart from its literal dictionary definition	0
6431851154	Diction	Word choice or vocabulary	1
6431851155	Denotation	The literal, dictionary meaning of a word	2
6431851156	Metaphor	Figure of speech which states one thing is something else, which literally, is not	3
6431851157	Simile	A figure of speech explicitly comparing two objects or beings using the words like or as	4
6431851158	Analogy	A comparison between two things that helps explain or illustrate one or both of them	5
6431851159	Personification	A figure of speech in which an animal or inanimate object is endowed with human qualities	6
6431851160	Apostrophe	A direct address to an abstract thing (like time); am inanimate object (like wind); am animal; a spirit; or an imaginary absent person	7
6431851161	Apostrophe	Oh homework, why do you exist?	8
6431851162	Rhetorical question	A question asked for stylistic effect and emphasis to make a point rather than to solicit an answer	9
6431851163	Juxtaposition	Placing two things side by side for the sake of comparison or contrast	10
6431851164	Understatement	An ironic figure of speech that deliberately describes something in a way that is less than the true case	11
6431851165	Hyperbole	Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or to produce a comic/ironic effect. Overstatement to make a point	12
6431851166	Cliché	A phrase or expression that has been repeated so often that it has lost its significance	13
6431851167	Paradox	A statement that seems contradictory but reveals a deeper truth	14
6431851168	Oxymoron	A paradox make up of two seemingly contradictory words	15
6431851169	Oxymoron	Organized mess	16
6431851170	Parallel structure	The repeated use of similar grammatical structures for the purpose of emphasis	17
6431851171	Antithesis	Words, phrases, clauses, or sentences set in deliberate contrast to one another. It balances contrasting ideas, tones, or structures, usually not heighten the effect of a statement	18
6431851172	Chiasmus	A verbal pattern which occurs when the order of words is reversed in the second half of a parallel expression	19
6431851173	Chiasmus	Nows the time to answer questions and question answers	20
6431851174	Malapropism	Absurd of humorous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound	21
6431851175	Symbol	A person, place, or thing in narrative that suggests meaning beyond its literal sense	22
6431851176	Didactic attitude	Intended to instruct a specific moral lesson, impart knowledge, or provide a model for proper behavior; can moralize excessively	23
6431851177	Satire	Literary work that uses irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to critique society, an individual, or human weaknesses	24
6431851178	Caricature	Description that exaggerates the peculiarities or defects of persons or things	25
6431851179	Parody	A comic or satiric imitation of a particular literary work or style	26
6431851180	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	27
6431851181	Genre	General category that a literary work falls into, or more subsequently a subset	28