9973768371 | climax | point where conflict hits its highest point | ![]() | 0 |
9973768372 | comedy | drama that is amusing or funny | ![]() | 1 |
9973771603 | conflict | struggle between opposing forces | ![]() | 2 |
9973774655 | connotation | secondary meaning to a word | ![]() | 3 |
9973774656 | consonance | repetition of same consonant in words close together | ![]() | 4 |
9973778340 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse | ![]() | 5 |
9973778341 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word | ![]() | 6 |
9973780564 | denouement | final outcome of the story | ![]() | 7 |
9973784229 | deus ex machina | resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence | ![]() | 8 |
9973788887 | didactic writing | writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach | ![]() | 9 |
9973792178 | direct presentation of character (Direct Characterization) | author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story | ![]() | 10 |
9973794621 | double rhyme | rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn) | ![]() | 11 |
9973799749 | dramatic exposition | prose commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world | ![]() | 12 |
9973799750 | end rhyme | rhymes occurring at the end of line | ![]() | 13 |
9973803642 | English sonnet | a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg | ![]() | 14 |
AP Literature quiz 3 Basic Terms Flashcards
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