Study guide for AP Lit!
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| 6693678618 | alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds | 0 | |
| 6693678619 | allusion | reference from another work | 1 | |
| 6693678620 | ambiguity | communicating multiple meanings | 2 | |
| 6693678622 | antagonist | the force of character that oposes main character | 3 | |
| 6693678623 | apostrophe | direct address in poetry | 4 | |
| 6693678624 | aside | words spoken to be heard by audience but not other characters | 5 | |
| 6693678625 | attitude | speaker's, author's, or character's disposition towards a subject | 6 | |
| 6693678631 | catharsis | release of emotion by the audience of a tragedy | 7 | |
| 6693678632 | character | one who carries out action of plot (major, minor, static, dynamic) | 8 | |
| 6693678633 | climax | turning point of action, highest moment of tension | 9 | |
| 6693678634 | comic relief | inclusion of humor to contrast tragic elements | 10 | |
| 6693678635 | conflict | clash of opposing forces | 11 | |
| 6693678636 | connotation | associative, implied, or suggested meaning of word | 12 | |
| 6693678640 | denotation | literal, dictionary definition word | 13 | |
| 6693678641 | denouement | resolution of conflict and plot, conclusion | 14 | |
| 6693678645 | diction | word choice | 15 | |
| 6693678646 | didatic | a tone that is explicitly instructive or lecturing | 16 | |
| 6693678655 | exposition | background information | 17 | |
| 6693678657 | figurative language | enables writer to operate on levels other than literal | 18 | |
| 6693678658 | types of figurative language | metaphor, simile, symbol, motif, hyperbole, etc. | 19 | |
| 6693678659 | flashback | reference to past thoughts, events, or episodes | 20 | |
| 6693678661 | foreshadowing | hints of future events | 21 | |
| 6693678662 | form | shape or structure of literary work | 22 | |
| 6693678664 | grotesque | characterized by distortions and incongruities | 23 | |
| 6693678665 | hyperbole | extreme exaggeration | 24 | |
| 6693678668 | image | verbal approximation of sensory impression, concept, or emotion | 25 | |
| 6693678669 | imagery | total effect of related sensory images | 26 | |
| 6693678671 | irony | contrast between what happens and what was intended or expected | 27 | |
| 6693678673 | literal | not figurative, matter of fact, concrete | 28 | |
| 6693678676 | metaphor | direct comparision between dissimilar things | 29 | |
| 6693678681 | motif | repetition or variations of image or idea to develop theme or characters | 30 | |
| 6693678686 | omniscient | all knowing, third person narrator that is not part of the action | 31 | |
| 6693678688 | parable | story that operates on more than one level, usuall teaches a moral lesson | 32 | |
| 6693678689 | paradox | seemingly contradictory statement | 33 | |
| 6693678690 | parallel plot | secondary story line that mimics and reinforces the main plot | 34 | |
| 6693678693 | personification | assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects | 35 | |
| 6693678694 | plot | sequence of events | 36 | |
| 6693678695 | point of view | method of narration, usually first person (narrator is part of the action, I, me) or third person (narrator is outside the action (can be limited to one perspective or omniscient --knowing all character's thoughts and feelings) | 37 | |
| 6693678696 | protagonist | hero or main character, elicits audience sympathy | 38 | |
| 6693678699 | resolution | conclusion of literary work | 39 | |
| 6693678702 | rhyme | duplication of final syllable sounds | 40 | |
| 6693678703 | rhythm | repetitive pattern of beats in poetry | 41 | |
| 6693678708 | setting | time and place | 42 | |
| 6693678709 | simile | indirect comparison using "like" or "as" | 43 | |
| 6693678710 | soliloquy | speech to reveal inner thoughts | 44 | |
| 6693678714 | stanza | unit of a poem similary in rhyme, meter and length to other units | 45 | |
| 6693678715 | stereotype | conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea | 46 | |
| 6693678717 | structure | organization and form | 47 | |
| 6693678718 | style | unique way an author presents his ideas | 48 | |
| 6693678719 | subplot | secondary plot that explores different ideas | 49 | |
| 6693678721 | symbol | something that stands for something else | 50 | |
| 6693678723 | syntax | grammatical structure | 51 | |
| 6693678725 | theme | underlying ideas illustrated in a work | 52 | |
| 6693678727 | tone | author's attitude toward subject | 53 | |
| 6693678728 | tragic hero | generally good person of exalted position who has a fatal flaw or commits error in judgement | 54 | |
| 6693678731 | antithesis | figure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting words or ideas (balancing of one term against another for emphasis) | 55 | |
| 6693678739 | oxymoron | a form of paradox that combines a pair of contrary terms into a single expression | 56 | |
| 6693678740 | parallelism | a similar or repeated gramatical structure | 57 | |
| 6693803834 | Bildungsroman | a coming of age story, in which a young person's experiences lead to deeper maturity or understandings of life | 58 |
