AP Literature Flashcards

10919777757	alliteration	The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.	0
10919777758	Allusion	An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference	1
10919777759	Anadiplosis	Repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence.	2
10919777760	Anagnorisis	A moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery. Literally means recognition in Greek context.	3
10919777761	Anaphora	The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.	4
10919777762	Antistrophe	The second section of an ancient Greek choral ode or at the division of it... When the chorus walks from stage left to stage right.	5
10919777763	Apostrophe	An exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (not present), or thing (typically personified)	6
10919777764	Appositive	An identifying element that helps give a brief description of the person	7
10919777765	Assonance	The repetition of the sound of a vowel in nonrhyming stressed syllables	8
10919777766	Asyndeton	The absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence	9
10919777767	Catachresis	The use of a word in a way that is not correct, for example.	10
10919777768	Catharsis	Purging through drama, the feeling of relief one feels after leaving a tragic play	11
10919777769	Chiasmus	Words, grammatical constructions, or concepts repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form	12
10919777770	Cothurni	A grave and elevated style of acting	13
10919777771	dramatic-irony	A literary technique in which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience, but are unknown to the reader.	14
10919777772	epistrophe	The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.	15
10919777773	Epithet	A descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.	16
10919777774	Epizeuxis	The repetition of a word or phrase in immediate succession, typically within the same sentence for emphasis.	17
10919777775	Epode	The third section of an ancient Greek choral ode, or of one division of such an ode	18
10919777776	eponym	a disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first	19
10919777777	Exodus	A mass departure of people	20
10919777778	Foreshadowing	An indication of a future event	21
10919777779	Hamartia	A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.	22
10919777780	Hubris	Excessive pride or self-confidence	23
10919777781	Hyperbaton	An inversion of the normal order of words, especially for the sake of emphasis	24
10919777782	Hyperbole	An exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally	25
10919777783	Hypophora	A figure of speech in which the speaker poses a question and then answers the question.	26
10919777784	Metaphor	A comparison between two things without using "like" or "as"	27
10919777785	orchestra	The semicircular space in front of an ancient Greek theater stage where the chorus danced and sang	28
10919777786	paean	A song of praise or triumph	29
10919777788	Parallelism	The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.	30
10919777787	Parados	An elevation of earth behind a fortified place as a protection against attack from the rear, especially a mound along the back of a trench.	31
10919777789	Pathos	A quality that evokes pity or sadness	32
10919777790	Peripeteia	A sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances	33
10919777791	Personae	The aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others	34
10919777792	Personification	Giving an attribute of personal nature or human characteristics to something non human.	35
10919777793	Pleonasm	The use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning	36
10919777794	Polysyndeton	The deliberate insertion of conjunctions into a sentence for the purpose of slowing up the rhythm	37
10919777795	Prologue	A separate introductory section of a literary or musical work.	38
10919777796	rhetorical question	A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.	39
10919777797	sententia	Brief moral sayings, such as proverbs, taken from another source.	40
10919777798	Simile	A comparison using the terms "like" and "as"	41
10919777799	situational irony	Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended....therefore the outcome is contrary to what was expected.	42
10919777800	Skene	The structure at the back of the theater stage.	43
10919777801	Strophe	The first section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it.	44
10919777802	Synecdoche	A part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	45
10919777804	Understatement	The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is	46
10919777805	verbal irony	Essentially Sarcasm in that one says the complete opposite of what they are actually thinking in order to generate a false response.	47
10919777806	Zeugma	A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses or to two others of which it semantically suits only one	48