AP Literature Vocabulary #19 Literary Terms Flashcards

8972493573	anachronism ex: University of Wittenberg in Hamlet	a person, scene, event, or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set	0
8972499440	Malapropism ex: Michael Scott from The Office	is an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound	1
8972505288	Amplification ex: Charles Dickens	is the use of bare expressions, likely to be ignored or misunderstood by a hearer or reader because of the bluntness. Emphasis through restatement with additional details	2
8972510433	bowdlerize ex: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone vs. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	to remove parts of a work of literature that are considered indecent	3
8972520740	epistolary ex: Opening of Frankenstein	most or all of the narrative comes to readers through letters or other correspondence rather than a more traditional storytelling manner	4
8972524129	bete noire ex: Politics, money, sex	while not an exclusively literary term, many critics use it to denote the idea of avoidance found in many narratives. Family dramas, for example, are almost obligated to involve some sort of "elephant" in the room.	5
8972529977	epigraph ex: The Handmaid's Tale	many writers like to include quotes or passages at the beginning of their works to reflect the overarching theme or message	6
8972531337	in media res ex: Dante's Inferno	stories that start straight in the middle of the action and builds upon the recent past as the tale unfolds	7
8972536012	trope ex: light vs. darkness imagery; sun vs. moon	frequently used to refer to familiar literary devices, events and archetypes	8
8972538025	roman a clef ex: Law and Order SVU; Hidden Figures	real life figures and adventures oftentimes end up thinly and not-so-thinly appearing in fiction	9