AP Literature 1st Semester Flashcards

5726716255	Metaphor	Direct comparison of 2 different things	0
5726719377	Personification	Endowing non human objects or creatures with human qualities or characteristics	1
5726719378	Understatement	The deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is	2
5726722418	Oxymoron	Expression in which 2 words that contradict each other are joined	3
5726722419	Allusion	A reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize	4
5726729146	Superstitious	of or relating to fear or misunderstanding	5
5726729147	Pessimistic	inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, or possibilities	6
5726769380	Meticulous	marked by extreme or excessive care in consideration or treatment of details	7
5726769381	Idealistic	unrealistically aiming for perfection	8
5726772854	Cordiality	sincere affection or kindness	9
5726772855	Bohemian	a person living in a unconventional lifestyle	10
5726777021	Benevolent	organized for the purpose of doing good	11
5726777022	Fickle	marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability	12
5726782076	Rhyme Scheme	the arrangement of rhyme in a stanza or poem	13
5726782077	Winnowing	to remove by a current of air	14
5726788968	Penetrating	entering piercing, or pervading	15
5726788969	Sifting	examine thoroughly so as to isolate that which is most important/useful	16
5726788970	Diluting	diminish strength, make thin	17
5726794638	Invigorating	making one feel strong/healthy, full of energy	18
5726794639	Parody	A humorous imitation of a serious work	19
5726797716	Allegory	A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions	20
5726801114	Biblical Allusion	quick, indirect reference to something in the Bible	21
5726804877	Classical/Historical Allusion	allusion to a historical event	22
5726821216	Romantic	A term describing a character or literary work that reflects the characteristics of romanticism(literary movement beginning of 18th century- emotion, imagination, and individualism	23
5726824835	Spellbound	hold the complete attention of someone as though by spell	24
5726824836	Eccentric	unconventional, slightly strange	25
5726827351	Opulence	great wealth, luxuriousness	26
5726827352	Euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	27
5726834275	Apostrophe	A figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person	28
5726840043	Assonance	in poetry, repetition of a vowel in non rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible	29
5726845193	Hyperbole	Intentional exaggeration to create an effect	30
5726849253	Sestina	6 stanzas of 6 lines followed by 3 lined conclusion, requires strict pattern of repetition of 6 key words that end lines of the first stanza	31
5726871387	Shakespearean Sonnet	14 lines of emotion/articulation; 3, 4 lines quatrains and a 2 line couplet	32
5726876796	Italian (Petrarchan) Sonnet	14 lines of emotion/articulation; 8 line octave, 6 line sestet	33
5726876797	Ode	long, stately poem in stanzas of varied length, meter, and form	34
5726876814	Ballad	repeated lines/stanzas, swift action, surprise ending, extraordinary events, simple language	35
5726884188	Contemplative	expressing or involving prolonged thought	36
5726884189	Laudatory	expressing praise and commendation	37
5726888312	Apologetic	regretfully acknowledging or excusing on an offense or failure	38
5726888313	Ironic	The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or, incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs	39
5726891653	Superficially	as to the outward appearance only on the fair/impartial surface	40
5726894347	Evenhanded	fair, impartial	41
5726899130	Surreptitiously	done, made, or acquired by stealth	42
5726905682	Painstaking	done with or employing great care and thoroughness	43
5726908507	Instantaneous	occurring/done in an instant	44
5726908508	Transgression	an act, process, or instance of violating law or going beyond boundaries	45
5726917595	Alliteration	The repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words	46
5726921323	Consonance	harmony or agreement among components	47
5726931379	Internal Rhyme	a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or middle of the next	48
5726935558	Iambic Meter	Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry	49
5726935559	Admonition	authoritative counsel/warning	50
5726939510	Eulogy	A formal speech praising someone who has died	51
5726939511	Parable	a simple story used tell a moral or spiritual lesson	52
5726945062	Reminiscence	a story told about a past event remembered by the narrator	53
5726953877	Raconteur	a person who excels in telling anecdotes	54
5727069325	Sanctimonious	hypocritically pious or devout	55
5727073528	Advocate	publicly support or recommend a particular cause or policy	56
5727077025	Satirist	One who uses humor to emphasize human weakness or imperfections in social institutions	57
5727077026	Aside	When a character talks directly to the audience to inform them of something the characters do not know	58
5727080873	Paucity	smallness of quality/number	59
5727084632	Veracity	conformity to facts, accuracy	60
5727087758	Counterintuitive	contrary to intuition or to common sense expectation	61
5727101793	Recluse	a person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people	62
5727110913	Thwarted	to oppose successfully	63
5727125738	Wayfarer	a traveler on foot	64
5727129117	Sinister	giving the impression that something harmful/evil is happening or will happen	65
5727129118	Tyrant	a cruel, oppressive leader	66
5727129119	Abject	cast down in spirit; sunk	67
5727134496	Wry	to pull out of proper shape	68
5727138443	Aversion	turning away	69
5727141903	Gothic	characterized by elements of fear, gloom, death, nature, individuality, emotion	70
5727141904	Pastoral	work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life	71
5727145476	Surrealism	An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions & lack of conscious control	72
5727145477	Naturalism	a style of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail	73
5727148892	Classicism	following ancient Greek/Roman principles of harmony, restraint	74