6324953204 | allegory | story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning | 0 | |
6324953205 | alliteration | beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words | 1 | |
6324953206 | allusion | indirect or passing reference | 2 | |
6324953207 | anaphora | repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning | 3 | |
6324953208 | antagonist | a hostile person who is opposed to another character | 4 | |
6324953209 | apostrophe | figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character | 5 | |
6324953210 | approximate rhyme | words in rhyming pattern that sound alike | 6 | |
6324953211 | aside | when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage | 7 | |
6324953212 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds | 8 | |
6324953213 | blank verse | poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme | 9 | |
6324953214 | cacophony | blend of unharmonious sounds | 10 | |
6324953215 | caesura | pause in the middle of a line | 11 | |
6324953216 | catharsis | the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse) | 12 | |
6324953217 | flat character | story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic | 13 | |
6324953218 | round character | character who has complex personality: contradicted person | 14 | |
6324953219 | dynamic character | changes throughout the story, through major conflict | 15 | |
6324953220 | static character | person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality | 16 | |
6324953221 | characterization | process of revealing characters personality | 17 | |
6324953222 | climax | point where conflict hits its highest point | 18 | |
6324953223 | comedy | drama that is amusing or funny | 19 | |
6324953224 | conflict | struggle between opposing forces | 20 | |
6324953225 | connotation | secondary meaning to a word | 21 | |
6324953226 | consonance | repetition of same consonant in words close together | 22 | |
6324953227 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse | 23 | |
6324953228 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 24 | |
6324953229 | denouement | final outcome of the story | 25 | |
6324953230 | deus ex machina | resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence | 26 | |
6324953231 | didactic writing | writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach | 27 | |
6324953232 | direct presentation of character | author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story | 28 | |
6324953233 | double rhyme | rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn) | 29 | |
6324953234 | dramatic exposition | prose commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world | 30 | |
6324953235 | end rhyme | rhymes occurring at the end of line | 31 | |
6324953236 | end stopped line | line ending in regular punctuation | 32 | |
6324953237 | English sonnet | a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg | 33 | |
6324953238 | epiphany | when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life | 34 |
AP Literature Set #1 Flashcards
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