AP vocab Flashcards
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| 15081801750 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 0 | |
| 15081801751 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 1 | |
| 15081801752 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 2 | |
| 15081801753 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 3 | |
| 15081801754 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 4 | |
| 15081801755 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 5 | |
| 15081801756 | Antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 6 | |
| 15081801757 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. | 7 | |
| 15081801758 | Apostrophe (not the punctuation mark) | a form of personification and direct address in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present, and the inanimate as if animate (ex: god or death | 8 | |
| 15081801759 | atmosphere/mood | the mood/ feeling of the literary work created for the reader by the writer. | 9 |