4938822062 | Four genres of literature | 1. Short Story 2. Novel 3. Poetry 4. Drama | 0 | |
4938831633 | Prose | the literary medium which is like everyday speech | 1 | |
4938833787 | Fiction | literature which is an imaginary creation not based in actual fact or experience | 2 | |
4938836418 | Short Story | a brief, invented prose narrative. it deals with only a few characters. It involves a single action. It has a unity of effect that stresses mood over plot. | 3 | |
4938841900 | Novel | an invented prose narrative of considerable length and complexity which deals with human experience and a group of characters in a given setting or settings. | 4 | |
4938855005 | Satire | any literature composition which points out some human foible or vice and ridicules or pokes fun at it often in order to improve it | 5 | |
4938875266 | Parody | the imitation and intentional exaggeration of someone's writing style | 6 | |
4938877189 | Style | the mode and form of expression as opposed to the content or the message | 7 | |
4938878832 | Suspense | the creation of feelings of anxiety or apprehension in literature | 8 | |
4938881152 | Irony | the creation of effect when events or states of affairs in literature are the opposite of what was expected | 9 | |
4938890017 | Paradox | when something seems false, untrue, or opposed to common sense, but which is in fact true | 10 | |
4938894981 | Pathos | the process of evoking pity or compassion | 11 | |
4938897858 | Flashback | the interrupting of ongoing events to present events which transpired earlier | 12 | |
4938901701 | Foreshadowing | the presenting of an indication of what is to come later in the work of fiction | 13 |
AP Literature Literary Terms Flashcards
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