AP Terms Flashcards

13871116706	allegory	a story or image with a second meaning partially hidden behind its literal meaning	0
13871122831	alliteration	repetition of the same sounds	1
13871160102	analogy	illustration of an idea by means of amore familiar idea that is similar or parallel	2
13871167885	anaphora	repetition of the same word or phrase (usually at the beginning)	3
13871172981	anecdote	a short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident	4
13871179645	antithesis	contrast or opposition	5
13871185608	allusion	indirect or passing reference to some event, person, or artistic work	6
13871190242	apostrophe	a rhetorical figure in which the speaker addresses a dead or absent person	7
13871193776	blank verse	unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter	8
13871199979	colloquialism	the use of informal expressions appropriate to everyday speech	9
13871205992	diction	the choice of words in a literary work	10
13871205993	elegy	an elaborately formal lyric poem lamenting a death or reflecting on a serious subject	11
13871214872	epigram	a short and witty saying in either poetry or prose	12
13871220693	epiphany	sudden realization or revelation	13
13871225871	euphemism	characterized by the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that might offend or upset	14
13871236753	expository	characterized by a systematic explanation of or argument about any subject	15
13871251544	genre	a recognized and established category of written work	16
13871256935	hyperbole	exaggeration for the sake of emphasis	17
13871256936	melodrama	emotionally exaggerated or sensationalist dramas	18
13871263959	metaphor	the implied comparison between two things	19
13871269727	meter	the patterns of measured sound units	20
13871274578	mixed metaphor	an illogical or ridiculous combination of two metaphors	21
13871279511	motif	a situation, incident, idea, or image that is repeated significantly in a literary work	22
13871285744	omniscient	all knowing	23
13871293358	onomatopoeia	words that imitate the sounds to which they refer	24
13871299274	oxymoron	contradictory words used together	25
13871302960	panegyric	a public speech or written composition offering prolonged and effusive praise	26
13871311246	paradox	self-contradictory statements or expressions	27
13871316385	parallelism	the arrangement of similarly constructed clauses, sentences, or verse lines to show correspondence	28
13871321286	parody	mocking imitation of the style of a work	29
13871327691	pastoral	a highly conventional description of rural, innocent shepherds	30
13871337348	peripatheia	a sudden reversal of a character's circumstances and fortunes	31
13871343693	personification	the practice of assigning human characteristics to inanimate objects	32
13871358480	point of view	the vantage-point from which the stories are told	33
13871364993	polemic	a thorough written attack on some opinion or policy	34
13871370883	rhetoric	the deliberate exploitation of eloquence for the most persuasive effect in public speaking or in writing	35
13871380812	rhetorical question	a question asked for this are of persuasive effect, not for the actual answer	36
13871387888	satire	a mode of writing that exposes the failings of individuals, institutions, or societies to ridicule - it can range from tolerant amusement to bitter scorn	37
13871401139	simile	an explicit comparison using the words "like" or "as"	38
13871407594	syllogism	a form of logical argument that derives a conclusion from two propositions	39
13871415400	syntax	the way in which words and clauses are ordered and connected to form sentences	40
13871420667	understatement	the representation of a thing as less than it actually is	41