AP Lit WTK Week 1 & WWTM quotes Flashcards

8815909494	Allegory	A narrative in which all elements are symbolic. The narrative is an extended metaphor. Ex: Fables, parables, Wizard of Oz...	0
8815909495	Alliteration	The repetition of the first sound in successive words within a line. Ex: Mrs. Moon makes mad meatloaf!	1
8815909496	Allusion	A reference in a literary work used to call something to mind without saying it explicitly. Biblical, historical, mythological, literary, cultural. Ex: Some universities are like Sodom and Gomorrah and kids fall victim to those vices.	2
8815909497	Anaphora	Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines. Ex: My love is divine, my love is miraculous, yet my love is dangerous.	3
8815909498	Anastrophe	Inversion of the normal word order. Ex: Fought well he did.	4
8815909499	Antihero	A protagonist who lacks the attributes of a heroic figure (as nobility, courage, morality, or action). Ex: Walter White, Victor Frankenstein, Willy Loman.	5
8815909500	Apostrophe	Turning from one audience to the other, most often addressing an abstraction, an inanimate object, or the absent.	6
8815909501	Archetype	A typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature. The model or pattern for others. Ex: the mother figure, the hero, a dark castle	7
8815909502	Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds preceded and followed by different consonant sounds. Ex: I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless.	8
8815909503	Asyndeton	The omission of normally occurring conjunctions (FANBOYS) while keeping grammar correctness. Ex: I came, I saw, I conquered.	9
8815909504	Atmosphere	The general feeling of a work created by setting or objects. Ex: A dark graveyard on Halloween-=spooky.	10
8815909505	Bildungsroman	A novel that traces the maturation (morally/physically/spiritually) of a protagonist. A "coming of age" novel. Ex: The Kite Runner, Harry Potter series	11
8815909506	Cliche	An expression that is so overused that it's meaning is distorted or considered invalid. Ex: YOLO, don't judge a book by it's cover	12
8815909507	Colloquial	Words/expressions that are more suitable for speech and conversation rather than formal writing Ex: What's good? I wasn't born yesterday	13
8815909508	Comic Relief	The relief from tension caused by the introduction of a comic element (witty dialogue, humorous actions) . Ex: Porter scene in Macbeth, nurse in Romeo and Juliet	14
8815909509	AP Literature	Your favorite class.	15
8815938814	We Were the Mulvaneys, remember us?	Judd	16
8815944264	How people misuse beautiful things!	Corinne	17
8815955378	So this is how it will be revealed to me: by a stranger.	Corinne	18
8815960130	Daddy I'm so sorry.	Marianne	19
8815990695	If nothing can cause such tears, what might something someday go?	Abelove	20
8816012924	One day at a time! You'll see!	Whit	21
8816019698	I can hear dad laughing, can't you? Oh, this is funny somehow.	Corinne	22
8816028487	I think it's cruel for that poor bird to be caged his entire life...	Marianne	23
8816037494	Chance follows design.	Patrick	24
8816060598	Shivering with excitement I stood at my window staring down at the deer.	Judd	25
8816080794	Why didn't you tell me? As soon as we got in the car?	Patrick	26
8816092521	Sable & I fell in love with the property. Love at first sight!	Corinne	27
8816191526	Dad! How can you call him dad? He's a selfish man!	Patrick	28