AP Literature Terms #1 Flashcards
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| 10567650673 | allegory | a story with a symbolic level of meaning and philosophical viewpoints. EX: Lord of the Flies, Zootopia, Animal Farm | 0 | |
| 10567660901 | alliteration | repetition of constants sounds at the beginning of the words. EX: Fly over waste fens and windy fields | 1 | |
| 10567667341 | allusion | a brief reference in a literary work person place or event in history in literary work or work of art | 2 | |
| 10567675112 | ambiguity | an idea of situation that can be understood in more than one way. Leaves little room for interpretation more for discussion. Conveys more than one thing at a time. | 3 | |
| 10567689707 | analogy | a comparison made between two things that are somewhat alike but unlike in most aspects | 4 | |
| 10567697265 | anaphora | figure of repetition that occurs when the first word or set of words in one sentence is repeated at the beginning. EX: I have a dream... I have a dream ... I have a dream | 5 | |
| 10567704671 | anecdote | a short interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point and make audience laugh aka like a funny tangent | 6 | |
| 10567712838 | antagonist | a character in a story or play who opposes the chief characters or protagonist. | 7 | |
| 10567725481 | anachronism | an error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece. A painting of Mona Lisa with a phone in her and different time. | 8 | |
| 10567736656 | antithesis | opposite, a literary device to put two constraining ideas together, emphazing the difference in wo ideas and adds interest to writing. | 9 | |
| 10567748806 | apostrophe | a figure of speech where a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present in the literary work. | 10 | |
| 10567760095 | archetype | a character an action or a situatuion that represnets universal patterns of human life. EX: the villian and the hero | 11 | |
| 10567765234 | aside | in a frama a few words or a short passage spoken by one character to the audience while other characters pretend not to here. | 12 | |
| 10567772674 | assonance | assonance takes place when two or kore workds close to one another repeat the smae vowel sounds, but start with different consonant sounds EX: wedding bells | 13 | |
| 10567780337 | asyndeton | meaning unconeected. | 14 | |
| 10567784293 | atmosphere | type of feeling a you get when reading | 15 | |
| 10567790827 | ballad | a narrative poem that usually includes a repeated refrain. Often written in wuatrains w ryhme scheme of ABAB | 16 | |
| 10567794800 | bilungsroman | a coming of age sory of a sensitive person who looks for answers to his questions through different experiences. | 17 | |
| 10567798253 | blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter of a line of 5 feet. 5 streesed & 5 unstressed syllables | 18 | |
| 10567802904 | cacophony | the use of words in poet that combine sharp. harsh, hissing, or unmelodious sounds and are used to convey unpleasantess. EX: The bridge. , Where s[oting pillars spoor the evening sky | 19 |