AP Literature Vocab Flashcards

9880430399	Syllogism	A three part argument ( If A - B - then C)	0
9880435222	Anaphora	Repetition at the START of a sentence	1
9880437466	Epistrophe	Repetition at the END of a sentence	2
9880440296	Litotes	The statement of what something is NOT to explain what it is	3
9880454821	Catharsis	A refreshed feeling of (sometimes spiritual) renewal	4
9880467032	Peripeteia	Reversal of fortune	5
9880469860	Dramatic irony	When the audience knows more than the reader	6
9880472435	Juxtaposition	Placement of things side-by-side for contrast	7
9880474929	Hypotaxis	Build-up of dependent clauses to support other suboordinate clauses	8
9880567845	Parataxis	Build-up of independent clauses	9
9880575123	Inductive	Build up of examples to prove a point	10
9880578239	Deductive	Claim based argument	11
9880582891	Loose Sentence	Independent clause followed by a series of dependent clauses	12
9880587735	Periodic Sentence	Series of dependent clauses and finished with an independent clause	13
9880599292	Synesthesia	A blurring of the senses	14
9880855632	Apostrophe	To speak to a person or symbol who is absent (O! Holy One)	15
9880894582	Conceit	A far-fetched metaphor	16
9880894583	Euphemism	An indirect expression in an attempt not to be blunt or harsh	17
9880900164	Onomatopeia	A word that sounds how it's read (Plip Plop) (Scoff)	18
9880904973	Asyndeton	Lack of conjunctions between items	19
9880912714	Polysyndenton	Conjunction between items for emphasis	20
9880916349	Hyperbole	exaggeration for effect	21
9880919305	Alliteration	Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words	22
9880931609	Assonance	Repetition of noun sounds	23
9881030359	Analogy	A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way	24
9881050619	Anastrophe	The reversal of the natural order of words	25
11935893986	Allusion	A reference to another work of literature, person, or event	26
11935941650	Personification	the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea	27
11935957950	Simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	28
11935961479	Metaphor	a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.	29
11936036071	dichotomy	comparing two things that are complete opposites	30
11936144947	Syntax	The arrangement of words and phrases	31
11936165329	Diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words	32
11936195741	Meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	33
11936381160	Symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.	34
11936448686	Irony	The deliberate use of opposite language	35
11936505674	Ellipses	Indicated by a series of three periods; shows that words have been omitted / a trailing off to leave things up to interpretation	36