AP Literature: Literary Terms List 1 Flashcards

14750175776	allegory	a literary work that portrays abstract ideas concretely (characters in an allegory are frequently personifications of abstract ideas and are given names that refer to these ideas)	0
14750175777	allusion	a reference to another work of literature, or to art, historoy, or current events	1
14750175778	analogy	in literature, a comparison between two things that helps explain or illustrate one or both of them	2
14750177961	archaic language	words that were once common but that are no longer used	3
14750177962	colloquial language	an expression or language construction appropriate only for casual, informal speaking or writing	4
14750179795	diction	a writer's choice of words (in addition to choosing words with precise denotations and connotations, an author must choose whether to use words that are abstract or concrete, formal or informal, or literal or figurative)	5
14750179796	enjambment	A poetic technique in which one line ends without a pause and must continue on to the next line to complete its meaning; also referred to as a "run-on line"	6
14750179797	imagery	a description of how something looks, feels, tastes, smells, or sounds; the verbal expression of a sensory experience: visual (sight), auditory (sound), olfactory (scent), gustatory (taste), tactile (touch), or kinesthetic (movement/tension); may use literal or figurative language	7
14750182493	dramatic irony	tension created by the contrast between what a character says or thinks and what the audience or readers know to be true as a result of this technique, some words and actions in a story or play take on a different meaning for the reader than they do for the characters	8
14750182494	situational irony	a pointed discrepancy between what seems fitting or expected in a story and what actually happens	9
14750184084	verbal irony	a figure of speech that occurs when a speaker or character says one thing but means something else, or when what is said is the opposite of what is expected, creating a noticeable incongruity (sarcasm involves verbal irony used derisively)	10
14750184085	juxtaposition	placing two things side by side for the sake of comparison or contrast (authors sometimes use incongruous juxtapositions to produce verbal irony)	11
14750184086	extended metaphor	a metaphor that continues over several lines or throughout an entire literary work	12
14750186182	metonymy	a figure of speech in which something is represented by another thing that is related to it	13
14750186183	paradox	a statement that seems contradictory but actually is not	14
14750186184	pastoral	literature that employs a romanticized description of leisurely farm or rural life	15
14750188246	personification	a figure of speech in which an animal or an inanimate object is imbued with human qualities	16
14750188247	simile	a figure of speech used to explain or clarify an idea by comparing it explicitly to something else, using the words "like", "as", or "as though" to do so	17
14750188248	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which part of something is used to represent the whole	18
14750191847	syntax	the arrangement of words into phrases, clauses, and sentences in a prose passage this includes word order; the length and structure of sentences, phrases, and clauses; the chronology of passages; the preference of various parts of speech over others; the use of connectors between and within sentences; etc.	19