AP Eng Lit Literary Terms Flashcards

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Allusion

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A brief reference to a person, event, or place in history, or to a work of art or literature.

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Analogy

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A comparison between two items, situations, or ideas that are somewhat alike but unlike in most respects.

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Antagonist

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A character in a story or play who opposes the chief character or protagonist.

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Archetype

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A character, action, or situation that seems to represent common patterns of human life.

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Assonance

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The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in stressed syllables or words.

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Carpe diem

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Latin for “seize the day,” a theme in lyric poetry encouraging enjoyment of life’s pleasures while able.

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Character

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An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction.

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Cliché

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An expression or phrase that is overused and has become trite and meaningless.

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Conflict

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The struggle between two opposing forces (man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. self, man vs. society).

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Couplet

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A pair of rhyming lines with identical meter.