5236528372 | Indirect characterization | The author reveals to the reader what the character is like by the way he/she looks, dresses, speaks, & thinks. Also, by how other characters respond to them. | ![]() | 0 |
5236575784 | Direct characterization | The author tells us directly what a character is like ( ex.: sneaky, mean, etc...) | ![]() | 1 |
5236599250 | Static character | A character who doesn't change much. | ![]() | 2 |
5236606437 | Dynamic character | A character who changes in some important way. | ![]() | 3 |
5236612010 | Flat character | A character with only 1 or 2 personality traits. | ![]() | 4 |
5236617112 | Round character | A complex character (has more dimensions to his/her personality. | ![]() | 5 |
5236805182 | Chiasmus | In poetry, a rhetorical balance such as, "Flowers are lovely, love is flowerlike." | ![]() | 6 |
5236907567 | Cliche' | An overused word or phrase. | ![]() | 7 |
5236912212 | Colloquialism | Every day words or phrases which are considered informal & inappropriate for formal writing. | ![]() | 8 |
5236919607 | Comedy | A story that ends with a happy resolution of the conflicts faced by the characters. | ![]() | 9 |
5236930126 | Conceit | An elaborate, extended metaphor. | ![]() | 10 |
5236939348 | Confessional poetry | Poetry that uses intimate material from the poet's life. | ![]() | 11 |
5236945201 | Conflict | The struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story. | ![]() | 12 |
5236951283 | External conflict | Conflicts between 2 people or man vs. nature or man vs. society. | ![]() | 13 |
5236961195 | Internal conflict | Conflict within a person's mind (man vs. himself). | ![]() | 14 |
5236967448 | Connotation | Associations & emotional overtone attached to a word or phrase. | ![]() | 15 |
5236975272 | Couplet | 2 consecutive rhyming lines of poetry. | ![]() | 16 |
5236985264 | Dialect | A way of speaking that has become associated with a certain social group. | ![]() | 17 |
5236994174 | Diction | A speaker or writer's choice of words. | ![]() | 18 |
5237001648 | Didactic | A form of fiction or non-fiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral. | ![]() | 19 |
AP Lit Terms #2 Flashcards
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