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AP Literature: Fiction Flashcards

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10696465636AllegoryA story, fictional or nonfictional, in which characters, things, and events represent qualities or concepts. The interaction of these characters, things, and events is meant to reveal an abstraction or a truth.0
10696481378anecdoteA brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event.1
10696485295AntagonistA character or force in conflict with the main character2
10696487424comedyA humorous work of drama3
10696487425dramaa work of literature designed to be performed in front of an audience4
10696490779fableA brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters5
10696493098farceA comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose.6
10696495407folkloreThe traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally.7
10696495408invectiveAn emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.8
10696497634mythA traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.9
10696499984NarrativeThe telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.10
10696499985parodyA work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.11
10696502733Protagonistmain character12
10696502734satireA literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.13
10696505690tall talean outrageously exaggerated, humorous story that is obviously unbelievable14
10696505691tragedyA serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character15

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