Ap english literature terms Flashcards

14844882068	allusion	a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical	0
14844896044	connotation	the implied or associative meaning of a word	1
14844900781	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	2
14844902869	diction	having to do with the word choices made by a writer	3
14844904646	Syntax	the manner in which words are arranged by a writer into sentences	4
14844909817	tone	the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience	5
14844920318	colloquialism	informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing	6
14844924164	Euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	7
14844927158	Oxymoron	an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined	8
14844929862	Personification	endowing non-human objects or creatures with human qualities or characteristics	9
14844929863	Anaphora	the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences	10
14844935900	analogy	A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way	11
14844938762	invective	an intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack	12
14844943938	paradox	an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth	13
14844947125	parody	a humorous imitation of a serious work	14
14844951775	Symbol	an object which is something in itself yet is used to represent something else	15
14844955625	aphorism	a concise statement that expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance	16
14844959516	hyperbole	intentional exaggeration to create an effect	17
14844964090	Apostrophe	the act of speaking directly to an absent or imaginary person, or to some abstraction	18
14844976534	Metonymy	substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it	19
14844985783	didactic	something which has as its primary purpose to teach or instruct	20
14844989971	genre	a major category or type of literature	21
14844993010	Onomatopoeia	a word formed from the imitation of natural sounds	22
14844993011	Litotes	a type of understatement in which something affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite	23
14845001785	allegory	A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions	24
14845007257	anecdote	a brief personal narrative which focuses on a particular incident or event	25
14845009416	style	the overall manner in which an individual writer expresses ideas	26
14845011990	synecdoche	using one part of an object to represent the entire object	27
14845015105	pedantic	describing an excessive display of learning or scholarship	28
14845019727	satire	the use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfections in social institutions	29
14845026380	sarcasm	harsh, cutting language/tone designed to ridicule	30
14845030197	Syllogism	a logical argument in which a conclusion is based on a major premise and a minor premise	31
14845038494	irony	a situation or statement where the truth is the opposite of appearances	32
14845044336	non sequitur	an inference that does not follow logically from the premises	33
14845052338	ad hominem	an argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue	34
14845055338	motif	a standard theme or dramatic situation which recurs in various works	35
14845061454	antithesis	a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced	36
14845063978	Pathos	the quality in a work that prompts the reader to feel pity or sorrow	37
14845068003	imagery	concrete, sensory details which contribute to the themes or ideas of a work	38
14845080868	tautology	needless repetition which adds no meaning or understanding	39
14845084391	Syllepsis	the linking of one word with two other words in two strikingly different ways	40
14845090140	epiphany	A moment of sudden revelation or insight	41
14845093556	ellipsis	the omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from the context	42
14845098655	chiasmus	A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed	43
14845102136	Understatement	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is	44
14845111555	metaphor	a direct comparison of two different things which suggest they are somehow the same	45
14845118579	conciet	a fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor	46
14845120523	Alliteration	The repetition of initial sounds in successive of neighboring words	47