AP Literature Terms (1-20) Flashcards

14978783460	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds	0
14978789425	Allusion	A reference to another work of literature, person, or event	1
14978791715	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.	2
14978796515	Anaphora	the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses	3
14978800584	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.	4
14978804759	Aside	a short comment or speech that a character delivers directly to the audience, or to himself, while other actors on the stage appear not to hear	5
14978811035	Assonance	Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity	6
14978816611	Antithesis	literally means opposite, is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect	7
14978823315	Anthropomorphism	the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object.	8
14978834522	Asyndeton	a stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases, and in the sentence, yet maintain grammatical accuracy.	9
14978842942		figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors	10
14978844988	Connotation	an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.	11
14978848232	cacophony	refers to the use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing, and unmelodious sounds	12
14978853407	Caesura	A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line.	13
14978856593	Consonance	Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.	14
14978858803	Colloquialism	informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing	15
14978862633	Chiasmus	a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form	16
14978865132	Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word	17
14978868691	didactic	intended to instruct	18
14978872347	Enjambment	means to step over, or put legs across. In poetry it means moving over from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark	19