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AP English 11 Literary Terms Flashcards

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Allusion

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A brief reference to a person or thing, most often from history, mythology, or religion

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Ambiguity

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multiple meanings

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analogy

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a resemblance between two different things which require more explanation than a simile would require, using something familiar to explain the unfamiliar

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assonance

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the close repetition of similar vowel sounds

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Cacophany

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discordant or harsh sounds

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chiasmus

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a verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first half with the parts reversed. (fair is foul, foul is fair)

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connotation

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the implied or suggested meanings evoked by a word

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Consonance

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close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowels (flip flop and east west)

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denotation

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a words most literal and limited meaning

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dissonance

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cacophany

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hyperbole

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exaggeration for effect

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inversion

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the reversal of normal order of words in a sentence

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irony

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a result opposite from what is expected (dramatic irony, situation irony, verbal irony)

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litotes

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understatement for effect

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metaphor

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comparing two fundamentally different things without using “like” or “as”

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metonymy

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substitution of one word or phrase for another that is very closely associated with it (the white house declared today…)

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neologism

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a newly coined word or phrase (eg chortle)

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oxymoron

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a two-word apparent contradiction (ash snowflakes)

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paradox

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an apparently contradictory statement that contains a basis of truth that reconciles the seeming opposites

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parallel structure

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repetition of two or more items using identical grammatical structure within each item

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personification

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giving human or life-like qualities to nonhuman objects or abstract ideas (tears trudge from her eyes)

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simile

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comparing two fundamentally different things using “like” and “as” (bodies like driftwood in a stream)

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syllepsis

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a figure of speech in which the same word is applied to two others in different senses (creased-up cardboard and annoyed face)

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symbol

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something concrete that stands for something abstract

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synecdoche

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substitution of a part of the whole (all hands on deck)

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synesthesia

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the intermingling of sensations/crossing the lines between the senses (sound of the smell of the footsteps)

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Alliteration

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Close repetition of similar consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words

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allegory

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An extended narrative that carries a second meaning along with the surface story

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apostrophe

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a personified abstraction or the addressing of a person not present

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Asyndeton

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a list or a series in which no “and” is used at all; the items in the list are separated by commas alone

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diction

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word choice

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euphony

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agreeable sounds

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figurative language

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makes use of figures of speech- most of which are techniques for comparing dissimilar objects, to achieve effects beyond the range of literal language

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genre

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a literary type or class

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imagery

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the use of language to create visual pictures

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meiosis

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litotes

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onomatopoeia

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using words that sound like what they mean

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paraphrase

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the restatement in different words of the sense of a piece of writing

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polysyndeton

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a list or series of words, phrases, or clauses connected with the repeated use of the same conjunction, most commonly “and” or “or”

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Precis

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a concise summary or abstract of a longer work

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pun

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word play involving either the use of words with two different meanings or two words spelled differently but with similar meanings

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repetition

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a fundamental device in art- assonance, alliteration, consonance, and parallelism

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rhetoric

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the art of using words effectively in speaking or in writing

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sarcasm

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bitter, derisive expression; verbal irony

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satire

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ridicule of any subject

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solecism

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deviation from conventional grammar, syntax, or pronunciation

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syntax

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the arrangement of and relationships among words, phrases, and clauses forming sentences (sentence structure)

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tautology

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needless repetition of an idea using different words (died of a fatal dose of heroin)

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tone

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the authors attitude towards his subject shown indirectly

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trope

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in general, any rhetorical or figurative device

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zuegma

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syllepsis

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stream of consciousness

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writing that reflects the natural, realistic flow of a characters thoughts

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syllogism

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a deduction from two propositions (all men are mortal, greeks are men, therefore, all greeks are mortal)

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