7307413188 | Narration | The recounting of a sequence of events or actions. | 0 | |
7307421974 | Conflict | The struggle the protagonist goes through in a story. | 1 | |
7307425450 | Protagonist | Main character. | 2 | |
7307429317 | Plot | The sequence of events or incidents. | 3 | |
7307430757 | Chronological | The story's actions follow one after another in time. | 4 | |
7307433996 | Antagonist | The person or force opposing the protagonist. | 5 | |
7307438023 | Structure | Refers to the way a story is assembled. | 6 | |
7307439851 | Suspense | The quality in the story which makes the reader keep wondering what will happen next or how will this turn out. | 7 | |
7307441571 | Mystery | An unusual set of circumstances for which the reader craves an explanation. | 8 | |
7307443105 | Dilemma | A position in which a character must choose between two courses of action, both undesirable. | 9 | |
7307447647 | Surprise | When we don't know what will happen or why. | 10 | |
7307452966 | Exposition | The laying out of the materials in the story - the main characters, their backgrounds, abilities, interests, and basic assumptions. | 11 | |
7307457476 | Complication | The onset and development of the major conflict. (Can be called rising action.) | 12 | |
7307467040 | Crisis | The part of the action where the conflict reaches its greatest tension. | 13 | |
7307468960 | Climax | It is the logical conclusion of the preceding actions; no new major developments follow it. The high point of the story. | 14 | |
7307471104 | Dénoument | The completing of the story. (Similar to falling actions) | 15 | |
7307477679 | Character | A person or being in a story. | 16 | |
7307482642 | Theme or idea | A suggested lesson or opinion at the heart of a story. | 17 | |
7307486931 | Style | Describes the landscape of an author's overall work. It is primarily determined by recognizable trends in syntax, kinds of allusions, images, etc. | 18 | |
7307487999 | Point of View | Gives a quick insight into the occasion, rhetorical purpose and the speaker's relationship with the audience. It can be first, second, or third. | 19 | |
7307491731 | Tone | The outward effect of a speaker's attitude towards his topic. It is implied through diction, denotation, imagery and any other place the speaker makes choices. | 20 | |
7307493692 | Allegory | A moral tale where each character or facet directly symbolizes something else. | 21 | |
7307497258 | Description | Text that explains the features of a thing and paints a picture in a person's mind. | 22 | |
7307504437 | Irony | A contrast between the expected and the reality. | 23 | |
7307507203 | Symbolism | An event, character, word or action that has a deeper meaning within the story. | 24 | |
7594571441 | Synecdoche | Using the part to represent the whole | 25 | |
7594580402 | Metonymy | Some significant aspect or detail of an experience is used to represent the whole experience | 26 |
AP English Literature Vocabulary Flashcards
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