AP Literature Flashcards

10446669028	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
10446669029	alliteration	beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words	1
10446669030	allusion	indirect of passing reference	2
10446669031	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
10446669032	antagonist	a hostile person who is opposed to another character	4
10446669033	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	5
10446669036	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	6
10446669037	blank verse	poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme	7
10446669039	caesura	pause in the middle of a line	8
10446669040	catharsis	the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse)	9
10446669045	characterization	process of revealing characters personality	10
10446669047	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	11
10446669048	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	12
10446669049	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	13
10446669050	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	14
10446669051	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	15
10446669052	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	16
10446669053	denouement	final outcome of the story	17
10446669067	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	18
10446669068	figure of speech	a way of saying something other than the ordinary way	19
10446669071	free verse	Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme	20
10446669073	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	21
10446669076	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	22
10446669083	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	23
10446669085	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	24
10446669089	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	25
10446669090	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	26
10446669091	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	27
10446669092	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	28
10446669094	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	29
10446669101	protagonist	Main character	30
10446669107	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	31
10446669108	scansion	Analysis of verse into metrical patterns	32
10446669111	simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	33
10446669112	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	34
10446669113	sonnet	14 line poem	35
10446669114	stanza	A group of lines in a poem	36
10446669118	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	37
10446669119	synesthesia	describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")	38
10446669123	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	39
10446669124	tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	40
10447943564	Mood		41
10447943565	Motif		42
10447943566	Lyric		43