AP Literature Terms 7 Flashcards

11424549368	Ambiguity	In common conversation is a negative term applied to a vague or equivocal expression when precision would be more useful. Can be a powerful device by leaving something undetermined in order to open up multiple possible meanings.	0
11424552629	Colloquialisms	Is the use of informal words, phrases, or even slang in a piece of writing. They are influenced by the way people speak in each society. They are local to a specific area. Just a few words, not all words.	1
11424562444	Connotation	The extra tinge or taint of meaning each word carries beyond the minimal, strict definition found in a dictionary. When a word has a feeling	2
11424569851	Denotation	The minimal, strict definition of a word as found in a dictionary, disregarding any emotional or historical connotation.	3
11424574500	Dialect	The language of a particular district, class, or group of persons. Encompasses sounds, spelling, grammar, and diction employed by a specific group of people.	4
11424578681	Epigraph	Is a literary device in the form of a poem, quotation, or sentence - usually placed at the beginning of a document or a simple piece - having a few sentences, but which belongs to another writer.	5
11424586061	Flashback	A method of narration in which present action is temporarily interrupted so that the reader can witness past events-- usually in the form of a memory, dream, narration, or even authorial commentary.	6
11424596589	Juxtaposition	The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side by side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development. Two opposites that happen at the same time (ex- a funeral and wedding)	7
11424604423	Satire	An attack on or criticism of any stupidity or vice in the form of scathing humor, or a critique of what the author sees as dangerous religions, political, moral, or social standards.	8
11424610378	stream of consciousness	Writing in which a characters perceptions, thoughts, and memories are presented in an apparently random form, without regard for logical sequence, chronology, or syntax. Often makes no distinction between various levels of reality.	9