AP Spanish Literature Vocabulary Flashcards

14815320754	acotación	stage direction	0
14815324289	Alegoría	allegory-a metaphor in which a character, place or event is used to deliver a broader message	1
14815332977	alejandrinos	14 syllable verse	2
14815338477	Aliteración	alliteration-repetition of the same sound, usually initial, in two or more words	3
14815345116	alusión	allusion-when an object or circumstance refers to an unrelated circumstance either covertly or indirectly. The audience has to make the direct connection	4
14815357488	Anáfora	anaphora-repetition of a word, usually at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases, for emphasis	5
14815372739	analogia	analogy-making a comparison with the intent to show a similarity	6
14815382729	antagonista fidedigno	trustworthy antagonist	7
14815384823	antífrasis	the use of a name that refers to a contrary characteristic of a person or a thing. Ej. calling Burlador de Sevilla "angelito"	8
14815398212	antihéroe	antihero-a main character in a story who lacks conventional heroic qualities and attributes such as idealism, courage, and morality	9
14815410408	Antítesis	antithesis-the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give the feeling of balance	10
14815432539	aparte	aside-a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play	11
14815438134	apología	a speech or poem meant to defend or praise someone	12
14815442075	apóstrofe	apostrophe-when a speaker breaks off from addressing one party and instead addresses a third party. This third party may be an individual, either present or absent in the scene. It can also be an inanimate object	13
14815457536	arte menor	8 syllables or less	14
14815460617	arte mayor	8 syllables or more	15
14815463455	asíndenton	the lack of conjunctions	16
14815471707	cesura	is a break in a verse where one phrase ends and the following phrase begins	17
14815477262	cuarteto	quatrain-a type of stanza, or a complete poem, consisting of four lines	18
14815489710	desdoblamiento	a fold or split in personality or time	19
14815496001	dodecasílabos	12 syllable verse	20
14815502700	elipsis	ellipsis-omission of one or more words necessary to the meaning. The author allows the reader to fill in the missing pieces	21
14815512835	encabalgamiento	enjambment-the running over of a sentence from one verse or couplet into another so that closely related words fall in different lines	22
14815521746	endecasílabos	11 syllable verse	23
14815526478	Enumeración	listing various ideas or concepts	24
14815531351	epífora	the repetition of the same word, usually at the end of successive clauses or phrases	25
14815541576	epíteto	epithet-a device of emphasis in which the poet attributes some characteristic of a thing to another thing closely associated with it	26
14815556194	estribillo	repetition of a stanza throughout the poem	27
14815561497	eufemismo	euphemism-an inoffensive expression that is used in place of one that is considered offensive	28
14815571010	fábula	fable-a fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, mythical creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are given human qualities	29
14815585092	falla trágica	a weakness or a fatal error made that leads to tragedy	30
14815589460	gradación	a list in an ordered scale either increasing or decreasing	31
14815595937	heptasílabo	7 syllable verse	32
14815600974	hipérbaton	changing the natural or grammatical order of words	33
14815604350	hipérbole	hyperbole-exaggeration for effect	34
14815609775	in media res	starting in the middle of the action	35
14815612689	ironía	irony-the intentional use of words with a meaning contrary to the situation	36
14815623108	metáfora	metaphor-an implied comparison where the use of a word or words suggests a likeness between what is actually being described and something else	37
14815632426	metaficción	a form of literature that continually reminds the reader to be aware that they are reading or viewing a fictional work. It is frequently used as a form of parody or a tool to undermine literary conventions and explore the relationship between literature and reality, life, and art	38
14815652610	metonimia	metonymy-use of one noun in place of another closely related noun to avoid common or prosaic words	39
14815665164	moraleja	the lesson taught within a tale or story	40
14815667535	narrador	fidedigno-trustworthy no fidedigno-not trustworthy testigo-witness omnisciente-all knowing	41
14815679340	octosílabo	8 syllable verse	42
14815684609	narración epistolar	use of a series of real or imaginary events that are developed during a determined period of time	43
14815700776	onomatopeya	onomatopoeia-use of words whose sound suggests the meaning	44
14815705606	paradoja	paradox-self-contradiction	45
14815709146	paralelismo	parallelism-repeating the same or a similar word, phrase or structure in a text	46
14815715786	perífrasis	roundabout, not getting to the point	47
14815722682	personificación	personification-treatment of an inanimate objects as human	48
14815732055	perspectiva o punto de vista	perspective or point of view	49
14815734646	pleonasmo	pleonasm-use of unnecessary words	50
14815737445	polifonía	varying points of view and voices within a narration	51
14815743767	Poliptoton	repetition of a verb but in different forms (conjugations)	52
14815748169	polisíndeton	polysindeton-use of unnecessary conjunctions	53
14815760881	prefiguración	foreshadowing what is to come	54
14815766532	prosopopeya	prosopopoeia-synonymous with personification	55
14815770939	redondilla	stanza form consisting of four lines, usually of eight syllables each, with a rhyme scheme of abba	56
14815783228	retruécano	play with words, pun-changing the order of words in a phrase in order to form another which contrasts in meaning	57
14815790768	rima asonante	the rhyme includes only the vowel sounds	58
14815794211	rima consonante	the rhyme includes consonants and vowels	59
14815796962	símil	simile-an expressed comparison, introduced by the word such as como	60
14815803016	sinécdoque	synecdoche-use of the part for the whole to avoid common words or to focus attention on a particular part	61
14815812360	sinéresis	to dipthong or bring together two syllables within the same word for poetic effect. Ej. To-a-lla->toa-lla	62
14815826771	sinestesia	when you relate two images or sensations from different categories, for example, a white sound	63
14815833348	terceto	a type of stanza consisting of 3 lines	64
14815836568	verso	blanco-poetry written with regular metrical but unrhymed lines libre-poetry that does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any musical pattern	65
14815847745	verosimilitud	a narration that is or appears to be credible. This is accomplished through genre and form	66
14815856101	Yuxtaposición	juxtaposition-the act of placing two elements close together or side by side in order to compare/contrast the two, to show similarities or differences	67