AP Literature Review Terms Flashcards

9791902024	Accent	the stressed portion of a word	0
9791905264	allegory	an extended metaphor in prose or verse in which the characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface story; the underlying meaning maybe be moral, religious, political, social, or satiric	1
9791936359	Alliteration	the repetition of consonant words at the beginning of words	2
9791954485	allusion	reference to another work or famous figure assumed to be well known enough to be recognized by the reader	3
9791968498	anachronism	an event, object, custom, person, or thing that is out of order in time; some anachronisms are unintentional while some are used satirically	4
9791999399	analogy	a comparison of two similar but different things in order to clarify a relationship	5
9792008481	anecdote	a short, simple narrative of an incident	6
9792014017	aphorism	a short, often witty statement of a principle or truth about life	7
9792022580	apostrophe	a character calls out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction either to begin a poem, or to make a dramatic break in thought somewhere within the poem	8
9792046909	aside	a brief speech or comment that an actor makes to the audience supposedly without being heard by the other actors on stage; used for melodramatic or comedic effect	9
9792061594	assonance	the repetition of vowel sounds between different consonants "neigh/fade"	10
9792077310	ballad	a long narrative poem that presents a single dramatic episode, which is often tragic or violent; two types	11
9792090956	folk ballad	one of the earliest forms of literature; usually sung or passed down orally from singer to singer	12
9792104272	literary ballad	also called an art ballad; imitates the form and spirit of the folk ballad but is more polished and uses a higher level of poetic diction	13
9792119208	blank verse poetry	written in unrhymed iambic pentameter; Shakespeare frequently used it in his works	14
9792129982	burlesque	broad parody; will take an entire style or form, such as pastoral poetry, and exaggerate it into ridiculousness whereas just a normal parody makes fun of a specific work	15
9792159341	cacophony	harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose	16
9792166348	caricature	descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of appearance or facet of personality	17
9792176718	catharsis	the emotional release that an audience member experiences as a result of watching a tragedy	18
9792185262	chorus	in Greek drama, a group of characters who comments on the actions taking place on stage	19
9792193851	classicism	the principles and styles admired in the classics of Greek and Roman literature, such as objectivity, sensibility, restraint, and formality	20
9792213716	colloqualism	a word or phrase used in everyday conversation or informal writing that is sometimes inappropriate in formal writing	21
9792241428	consonance	the repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowel sounds, such as "boost/best" also can be seen in several compound words such as "fulfill/ping-pong"	22
9792266030	periodic sentence	a sentence that is not grammatically complete until its last phrase: "Despite Glenn's hatred of his sister's laziness and noisy eating habits, he still cared for her."	23
9792282764	personification	the attribution of human qualities to a nonhuman or an inanimate object	24
9792292456	persuasion	one of the four modes of discourse; language intended to convince through appeals to reason or logic; also called argument	25
9792310062	Petrarchan sonnet		26
9792233032	conceit	an elaborate figure of speech in which dissimilar things or situations are compared	27
9792816049	conundrum	a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun; may also be a paradox or difficult problem	28
9793200616	description	the picturing in words of something or someone through detailed observation of color, sound, taste, smell, and touch; one of the modes of discourse	29
9793213301	diction	word choice; also called syntax	30
9793216776	discourse	spoken or written language, including literary works; the four traditionally classified modes of discourse are description, exposition, narration, and persuasion	31
9793239122	dissonance	the grating of sounds that are harsh or do not go together	32
9793246198	elegy	a formal poem focused on death or mortality; usually begins with the recent death of a particular person	33
9793254434	end rhyme	a rhyme that comes at the end of lines of poetry	34
9793260332	epic	a long narrative poem about a serious or profound subject in a dignified style; usually featuring heroic characters and deeds important in legends. ex: Iliad and Odyssey	35
9793279224	epigram	a concise, witty saying in poetry or prose that either stands alone or is part of a larger work; may also refer to a short poem of this type	36
9793294348	euphony	a succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose	37
9793300411	exemplum	a brief tale used in medieval times to illustrate a sermon or teach a lesson	38
9793313257	exposition	the immediate revelation to the audience of the setting and other background info necessary for understanding the plot	39