AP Literature Vocab Flashcards

7131056371	Allusion	An indirect reference to another idea, person, place, event, artwork, etc to enhance the meaning of work in which it appears	0
7131060355	Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds	1
7131061256	Analogy	A comparison between two different items that an author may use to describe,define, explain etc, by indicating their similarities	2
7131067889	Antithesis	Two opposing ideas presented in a parallel manner	3
7131071589	Apostrophe	A device or figure of speech that is most frequently found in poetry when a writer speaks directly to an abstract person, idea, or ideal	4
7131093004	Anecdote	A little known story told for rhetorical effect	5
7131095047	Archetype	An iconic representation of a psychological type	6
7131096007	Ballad	A poem written to tell a tale	7
7131097833	Connotation	The emotional feel of a word	8
7131099481	Caricature	An exaggerated representation of someone or something for a humorous effect	9
7131105480	Diction	The conscious decision the author makes when choosing vocabulary to create an intended effect	10
7131107258	Denotation	The literal definition of a word	11
7131108646	Dramatic Monologue	A poem told from a first person point of view to an unseen audience	12
7131109665	Epithet	An adjective or adjective phrase that an author uses to describe the perceived nature of a noun by accentuating one of its dominant characteristics	13
7131113622	Emulation	Imitating a writers style or approach	14
7131114019	Hyperbole	Exaggeration or overstatement to emphasize a point or to achieve a specific effect that can be serious, humorous, sarcastic, or even ironic	15
7131116618	Juxtaposition	Placing two or more concepts side by side	16
7131117346	Lyric	A poem expressing emotional thought	17
7131118970	Metaphor	A direct comparison between two unlike things	18
7131124452	Metonymy	A metaphor in which the actual subject is represented by an item with which it is closely associated	19
7131125563	Meter	Rhythm; series of accented and unaccented syllables	20
7131126479	Nemesis	Unrelenting matchless foe	21
7131126996	Ode	Lengthy poem that addresses a lofty or exalted topic	22
7131128543	Onomatopoeia	The word imitating the sound that is being made	23
7131129414	Oxymoron	Figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined	24
7131131429	Parallelism	Grammatically similar constructions that create a sense of balance that allows the audience to compare and contrast the parallel subjects	25
7131133959	Pastoral	Poetry that idealizes the simple lives of shepherds in a rural setting	26
7131135746	Persona	The projected personality of the person telling subjects	27
7131137338	Parable	Story told to teach a morale lesson	28
7131137674	Personification	Figure of speech in which a non-human thing is given human characteristics	29
7131139182	Quatrain	A stanza with four lines	30
7131140070	Rhetorical Question	A question to which one does not expect an answer	31
7131141213	Simile	Figure of speech that uses the words like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things.	32
7131143770	Speaker	The voice of one who tells a story	33
7131144235	Scansion	The act of analyzing rhythm and rhyme	34
7131145041	Solioquy	Thoughts expressed by a person who is done	35
7131146971	Sonnet	Lyric poem of fourteen lines, typically written in iambic pentameter and usually following strict patterns of stanza division and rhyme.	36
7131148522	Syntax	The grammatical structure of sent	37
7131147816	Synechdoche	A metaphor that uses a part to represent the whole	38
7131152850	Understatement/Litote	Language that makes something seem less important than it really is	39