AP English Literature Rhetorical Devices Flashcards

13573225408	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
13573225409	allusion*	A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art	1
13573225410	anaphora*	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	2
13573225411	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	3
13573225412	approximate rhyme	words in rhyming pattern that sound alike	4
13573225413	aside	when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage	5
13573225414	blank verse	poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme	6
13573225415	cacophony	blend of unharmonious sounds	7
13573225416	caesura	pause in the middle of a line	8
13573225417	catharsis	the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse)	9
13573225418	characterization*	process of revealing characters personality	10
13573225419	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	11
13573225420	didactic writing	writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach	12
13573225421	dramatic exposition*	prose commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world	13
13573225422	end stopped line	line ending in regular punctuation	14
13573225423	epiphany	when a character receives a spiritual insight into their life	15
13573225424	euphony	smooth choice and arrangement of sounds	16
13573225425	extended figure	A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem.	17
13573225426	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	18
13573225427	figure of speech	a way of saying something other than the ordinary way	19
13573225428	foot	basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables	20
13573225429	form	external pattern or shape of a poem	21
13573225430	hamartia*	tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall	22
13573225431	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	23
13573225432	dramatic irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	24
13573225433	situational irony*	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	25
13573225434	meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	26
13573225435	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	27
13573225436	motivation*	A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior	28
13573225437	hyperbole*	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	29
13573225438	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	30
13573225439	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	31
13573225440	rhythm	A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions.	32
13573225441	sarcasm*	the use of irony to mock or convey contempt	33
13573225442	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	34
13573225443	simile*	A comparison using "like" or "as"	35
13573225444	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	36
13573225445	stream of consciousness	private thoughts of a character without commentary	37
13573225446	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	38
13573225447	synesthesia	describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")	39
13573225448	theme*	Central idea of a work of literature	40
13573225449	tone*	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	41
13573225450	understatement	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	42
13573225451	polysyndeton*	the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural	43
13573225452	asyndeton*	a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions	44
13573225453	ambiguity	An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way.	45
13573225454	archetype	an original model on which something is patterned	46
13573225455	antecedent action	action or events which occur before the story begins	47
13573225456	aphorism	A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.	48
13573225457	analogy	method of comparing two similar things using parallelism to show similarities	49
13573225458	anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person	50
13573225459	antithesis	an exact opposite; an opposite extreme	51
13573225460	colloquial	characteristic of informal conversation	52
13573225461	chiasmus	a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed	53
13573225462	coherence	the quality of being logical, orderly, and clearly connected	54
13573225463	conceit	a fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor	55
13573225464	diacope	repetition of a word or phrase with one or two intervening words	56
13573225465	explication	a detailed explanation of the meaning of a text	57
13573225466	juxtaposition	placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast	58
13573225467	hypophora	the technique of asking a question, then proceeding to answer it	59
13573225468	euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	60
13573225469	enumeratio	detailing parts, causes, effects, or consequences to make a point more forcibly	61
13573225470	enjambment	line of poetry that ends with no punctuation and consequently runs over into the next line	62
13573225471	invective	insulting, abusive, or highly critical language	63
13573225472	litotes	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite	64
13573225473	motif	A recurring theme, subject or idea	65
13573225474	parallelism	the use of a series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical form	66
13573225475	prosody	the study of sound and rhythm in poetry	67
13573225476	syntax	the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences	68
13573225477	volta	the shift or point of dramatic change in a poem	69
13573225478	rhetoric	the art of using language effectively and persuasively	70
13573225479	rhetorical question	A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.	71
13573225480	parody	a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner	72
13573225481	inference	A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning	73
13573225482	tragedy	A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow	74
13573225483	undertone	a hidden or implied meaning	75
13573225484	dissonance	lack of agreement or harmony	76
13573225485	frame story	story that contains another story/stories that is/are usually significant to the main story	77
13573225486	expletive	an exclamation or oath, often obscene	78
13573225487	atmosphere/mood	the mood/ feeling of the literary work created for the reader by the writer.	79
13573225488	auditory imagery	use of language to represent an experience pertaining to sound	80
13573225489	universal theme	A message about life that can be understood by most cultures	81
13573225490	implied meaning	the meaning of a word understood, though unexpressed, usually through connotations and imagery; where you have to read between the lines to get the underlying meaning/subtext of a text	82
13573225491	interior monologue	a form of stream-of-consciousness writing that represents the inner thoughts of a character	83
13573225493	character sketch	a short piece of writing that reveals or shows something important about a person or fictional character	84
13573225494	epilogue	a short passage added at the end of a literary work	85
13573225495	epistle	a letter or literary composition in letter form	86
13573225496	hexameter	a line of poetry containing six feet	87
13573225497	tetrameter	a line of poetry containing four feet	88
13573225498	pentameter	a line of poetry containing five feet	89
13573225499	lament	a passionate expression of grief or sorrow	90