AP Literature Flashcards

12176813291	simile	a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things using like or as	0
12176820269	setting	the context and environment in which something is situated	1
12176828419	satire	witty language used to convey insults or scorn	2
12176858029	rhythm	alternation of stressed and unstressed elements in speech	3
12176862339	rhetoric	using language effectively to please or persuade	4
12176866374	repetition	the continued use of the same word or word pattern	5
12176871063	plot	the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.	6
12176875091	pathos	a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow	7
12176878694	pastoral	a literary work idealizing the rural life	8
12176882541	paradox	a statement that contradicts itself	9
12176962493	allegory	a short moral story	10
12176966483	alliteration	use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word	11
12176972439	apostrophe	an address to an absent or imaginary person	12
12176976447	ballad	a narrative poem of popular origin	13
12176980206	climax	the decisive moment in a novel or play	14
12176984164	denouement	the resolution of the main complication of a literary work	15
12176988189	dialogue	the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction	16
12176991591	diction	the manner in which something is expressed in words	17
12177007579	elegy	a mournful poem; a lament for the dead	18
12177010048	epic	a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds	19
12177053334	epithet	descriptive word or phrase	20
12177057649	exaggeration	the act of making something more noticeable than usual	21
12177062166	figurative	not literal	22
12177064964	hyperbole	extravagant exaggeration	23
12177069553	irony	incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs	24
12177090995	literal	limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text	25
12177095958	lyric	of or relating to poetry that expresses emotion	26
12177099902	metaphor	a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity	27
12177107624	narrative	consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story	28
12177111725	oxymoron	conjoined contradictory terms	29
12177120448	allegory	Syn: analogy, parable	30
12177579460	satire	Syn: mockery	31
12177124953	alliteration	Syn: rhyme	32
12177554313	pathos	Syn: emotion	33
12177129037	Apostrophe	Syn: address	34
12177137180	ballad	Syn: poem	35
12177141788	climax	Syn: highlight	36
12177148193	denouement	Syn: result	37
12177152616	dialogue	Syn: discussion	38
12177156654	diction	Syn: wording, articulation	39
12177162283	elgy	Syn: lament	40
12177162284	epic	Syn: legend	41
12177246599	paradox	Syn: contradiction	42
12177257421	literal	Syn: factual	43
12177261535	rhetoric	Syn: meter	44
12177278604	Narrative	Syn: chronicle	45
12177410495	epithet	Syn: nickname	46
12177285584	rhythm	Syn: oratory	47
12177296336	denouement	Ant: beginning, introduction	48
12177459680	exaggeration	Syn: Overstatement	49
12177299511	hyperbole	Ant: understatement , minimization	50
12177303239	figurative	Ant: literal, factual	51
12177306655	pastoral	Ant: urban, municipal	52
12177309558	repetition	Ant: sporadic, infrequent	53
12177495522	literal	Ant: Figurative	54