AP literature list 2 Flashcards
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| 7367198164 | Allegory | A story in which people, things, and events have another meaning. | 0 | |
| 7367198165 | Ambiguity | Multiple meanings a literary work may communicate, especially two meanings that are incompatabile | 1 | |
| 7367198166 | Apostrophe | Direct address, usually to someone or something that is not present. | 2 | |
| 7367198167 | Connotation | The implications of a word or phrase, as opposed to its exact meaning. | 3 | |
| 7367198168 | Convention | A device of style or subject matter so often used that it becomes a recognized means of expression. | 4 | |
| 7367198169 | Denotation | The dictionary meaning of a word. | 5 | |
| 7367198170 | Didactic | Explicitly instructive. | 6 | |
| 7420975191 | Digression | The use of material unrelated to the subject of a work. | 7 | |
| 7420975192 | Epigram | A pithy saying, often using contrast | 8 | |
| 7420975193 | Euphemism | A figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness such as "deceased" for "dead" or "remains" for "corpse" | 9 | |
| 7420975194 | Grotesque | Characterized by distortions or incongruities. | 10 | |
| 7420975195 | Hyperbole | Deliberate exaggeration, over statement. | 11 | |
| 7420975196 | Jargon | The special language of a profession or group. | 12 | |
| 7420975197 | Literal | Not figurative; accurate to the letter; matter of fact or concrete | 13 | |
| 7420975198 | Lyrical | Songlike; characterized by emotion, subjectivity, and imagination. | 14 | |
| 7420975199 | Oxymoron | A combination of opposites; the union of contradictory terms. | 15 | |
| 7420975200 | Parable | A story designed to suggest a principle, illustrate a moral, or answer a question. | 16 | |
| 7420975201 | Paradox | A statement that seems to be self-contradicting, but, in fact, is true. | 17 | |
| 7420975202 | Parody | A composition that imitates the style of another composition normally for comic effect. | 18 | |
| 7420975203 | Personification | A figurative use of language that endows the nonhuman ( ideas, inanimate objects, animals, abstractions) with human characteristics. | 19 | |
| 7420975204 | Reliability | A quality of some fictional narrators whose word the reader can trust. | 20 | |
| 7420975205 | Rhetorical question | A question asked for effect, not in expectation of a reply. | 21 | |
| 7420975206 | Soliloquy | A speech in which a character who is alone speaks his or her thoughts aloud. | 22 | |
| 7420975207 | Stereotype | A conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea. | 23 | |
| 7420975208 | Syllogism | A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them. | 24 | |
| 7420975209 | Thesis | The theme, meaning, or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support. | 25 |