7662933399 | Objective Pov | Told as if from a characters. Only what is done and said is recorded | ![]() | 0 |
7662948561 | Narrator | Person telling the story | ![]() | 1 |
7662954411 | Nonlinear Structure | Story that jumps to different parts | ![]() | 2 |
7662966819 | Stream of consciousness | Characters thoughts, and emotions are conveyed in a continuous, uninterrupted flow | ![]() | 3 |
7662976940 | Unreliable narrator | Narrator who's credibility has been compromised | ![]() | 4 |
7662989795 | Anticlimax | a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events | ![]() | 5 |
7662993436 | Dilemma | A situation in which you have to make a difficult choice | ![]() | 6 |
7662996110 | Deus ex machine | "the god from the machine", appears at last moment and resolves loose ends of play | ![]() | 7 |
7663000289 | Indeterminate | uncertain; indefinite | ![]() | 8 |
7663004401 | Ending | the final or concluding part; conclusion | ![]() | 9 |
7663004402 | Inversion | reversal of the regular word order in a sentence | ![]() | 10 |
7663007335 | Paradox | A statement that contradicts itself | ![]() | 11 |
7663007336 | Prologue | A speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event | ![]() | 12 |
7663014373 | Red Herring | When a writer raises an irrelevant issue to draw attention away from the real issue | ![]() | 13 |
7663014374 | Suspense | a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen | ![]() | 14 |
7663017712 | Suspension of disbelief | The demand made that the reader accept the incidents recounted in the literary work | ![]() | 15 |
7663022828 | Subplot | a secondary plot that occurs along with the main plot | ![]() | 16 |
7663026113 | Fable | Short story that usually involves animals and teaches a moral | ![]() | 17 |
7663026114 | Satire | using humor to expose something or ridicule someone | ![]() | 18 |
7663029664 | Myth | a fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or the causes of natural phenomena | ![]() | 19 |
7663042511 | Parable | A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson | ![]() | 20 |
AP Literature Terminology 10/10 Flashcards
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