Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
AP LIT Vocab Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| APHORISM | short phrase revealing a truth or opinion |
| ALLITERATION | literary device that uses the same consonant for majority of the words in a phrase |
| AESTHETIC | not necessarily physically beautiful, but beautiful in its idea |
| ABSTRACT | refers to ideas that cannot be felt with any of the five senses |
| ALLEGORY | represents an abstract idea with a physical manifestation; (ex. a boy gives a girl flowers because he cares about her, he can't give her 'care') |
| APOSTROPHE | someone dead/ something not human addessed as if they could respond |
| ANALOGY | comparison between two different subjects to highlight a similarity |
| ALLUSION | a figure of speech that makes a reference to something well known |
| BALLAD | simple poem of folk origin that tells a story |
| ASIDE | actor/actress who says something to the audience that the rest of the case is not meant to hear |
| ANACHRONISM | state of being out of place/time |
| ANTI-HERO | someone who shows heroism traits in unconventional ways. |
| ANTHROMORPHISM | representation of an object as having human forms or traits. (ex. gods) |
| ARCHAISM | a word/phrase that is old fashioned |
| CARICATURE | a copy/imitation so distorted as to be ludicrous |
| BOMBAST | a pompous/ pretentious talk or writing |
| BLACK HUMOR | bitter/ironic humor that deals or represents with unpleasent aspects of life |
| CADENCE | balanced with rhythmic flow, as of poetry |
| CANTO | main divisions of long poetry |
| EPIC | long narrative poem that chronicles a journey over a long period of time |
| EPITAPH | an inscription on a tomb |
| IRONY | discrepency between the expected results and the actual results |
| CATHARSIS | a purifying of emotions, especially pity or fear; described by Aristotle as an effect of tragic drama |
| ELEGY | mournful/melancholy poem/song for he dead |
| ENJAMBMENT | flow of words without syntax; a poem without any order |
| COLLOQUIALISM | informal expressions used in every day language (slang?) |
| COUPLET | a verse of two lines that rhymes with equal lines |
| DICTION | choice of words |
| SYNTAX | pattern/formation of sentences/phrases; the "flow" of a sentence/phrase |
| DIRGE | funeral song/tune |
| CONCEIT | a genius metaphor |
| DENOTATION | dictionary definition of a word; a word's literal meaning |
| CONNOTATION | the deeper meaning/understanding behind the word |
| LYRIC | thoughts or emotions in a song like form |
| BILDUNGSROMAN | a book showing a character's development (owen meany, or any coming of age story) |
| INTERIOR MONOLOGUE | a continuous stream of thoughts without any syntax |
| NEMESIS | an opponent or situation that cannot be overcome easily |
| FOIL | a character who serves as a contrast to another character highlighting the other character's traits |
| FARCE | a light, humerous play whose plot depends on the skillfully exploited situation |
| EUPHEMISM | substitution of a mid/indirect/ vague statement for one thought to be offensive |
| GENRE | literary "species" or form (comedy, tradegy, romance, sci-fi, etc) |
| LAMENT | express sorrow or grief |
| HUBRIS | excessive arrogance |
| IMPLICIT | implied rather that directly stated |
| IN MEDIAS RES | describing a narrative that begins in the middle of the story ( The Odyssey) |
| FREE VERSE | a kind of verse that does not conform to any meter ( in the style of the poet T.S. Eliot) |
| SIMILIE | a comparison using like or as |
| METAPHOR | a comparison that DOESN'T use the words 'like' or 'as' |
| FOOT | the rhythm that makes up a verse |
| FORESHADOWING | to show/indicate future events |
| MELODRAMATIC | an over exaggeration of emotions |
| HYPERBOLE | a gross exaggeration |
| ANECDOTE | a short account of an interesting or humerous incident |
Created by:
thinmint23
Popular Literature sets