2764443203 | Antagonist | The protagonist's adversary | 0 | |
2764453469 | Diction | Word choice | 1 | |
2798578033 | Dénouement | Final resolution | 2 | |
2798578410 | Figurative Language | Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special meaning | 3 | |
2798579566 | Flashback | When a character remembers a past event that is relevant to the current action | 4 | |
2798580205 | Foreshadowing | Clues in the text about incidents that will occur later in the plot | 5 | |
2798586480 | In Media Res | A story that begins in the middle of things | 6 | |
2798586481 | Genre | A category of artistic composition marked by a distinctive style, form, or content | 7 | |
2798586482 | Imagery | The use of figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas. | 8 | |
2798586483 | Irony | When one thing should occur, but the opposite actually occurs. | 9 | |
2798586484 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another | 10 | |
2798587312 | Narrator | Someone who tells a story | 11 | |
2798587851 | Motif | A dominant theme or central idea | 12 | |
2798588380 | Paradox | Statement which seems to contradict itself | 13 | |
2798589341 | Protagonist | Main character | 14 | |
2798589918 | Prose | Ordinary speech or writing without metrical structure, written in paragraph form. | 15 | |
2798590888 | Simile | Comparison between two things using like or as | 16 | |
2798591786 | Style | Combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance | 17 | |
2798595574 | Symbolism | Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention | 18 | |
2798596289 | Tone | Reflects how the author feels or wants the reader to feel | 19 |
AP Literature Literary Terms Flashcards
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