AP Literature Flashcards

7202396613	Repition	the repeating of a word or phrase within a poem or a prose piece to create a sense of rhythm	0
7202396614	Allegory	story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events...	1
7202396615	Irony	a discrepancy between appearances and reality	2
7202397365	Metaphor	a figure of speech that makes a comparison between tow unlike things (does not use like or as)	3
7202397366	Similie	a comparison of two unlike things (uses like or as)	4
7202401091	Symbol	a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something	5
7202401092	Allusion	reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, etc	6
7202401611	Romanticism	Nature and love were major themes; gothic literature also was written during this period	7
7202403587	Foreshadow	the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot	8
7202407106	Free Verse	poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme	9
7202426451	Imagery	the use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation	10
7202427369	Tone	the attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience	11