AP vocab Flashcards

13824545493	allegory	a fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts	0
13824549433	alliteration	the repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words	1
13824552736	diction	an author's choice of words	2
13824557036	irony	occurs when a situation produces an outcome that is opposite of what is expected	3
13824563054	pacing	the speed of a story's action, dialogue, or narration	4
13824567940	parody	an effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing an imitation of the work or of an author's style	5
13824570947	persona	the character created by the voice and narration of the speaker of a text	6
13824576126	personification	a figure of speech in which ideas or objects are described as having human qualities or personalities	7
13824579630	point of view	a particular attitude or way of considering a matter	8
13824579631	pun	play on words	9
13824583969	rhetorical question	a question asked for the sake of an argument	10
13824585731	anecdote	a short story	11
13824590891	hyperbole	an exaggeration	12
13824594038	idiom	a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people	13
13824596209	sarcasm	the use of irony to mock or convey contempt	14
13824600016	trope	a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression	15
13824604818	complex sentence	a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses	16
13824607246	compound sentence	a sentence with more than one subject or predicate	17
13824610365	imperative sentence	gives a command	18
13824615459	epiphany	a sudden awareness	19