7362127515 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning | ![]() | 0 |
7362133436 | Allusion | a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | ![]() | 1 |
7362143078 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | ![]() | 2 |
7362143079 | Cacophony | a harsh, conflicting mixture of sounds | ![]() | 3 |
7362145633 | Euphony | A harmonious blending of sounds | ![]() | 4 |
7362145634 | Genre | a sub-category of literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter | ![]() | 5 |
7362147931 | Imagery | the formation of mental images or figures collectively | ![]() | 6 |
7362151933 | Mood | a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions | ![]() | 7 |
7362151934 | Prose | a form of language that has no formal metrical structure, that sounds natural and uses normal grammatical structure | ![]() | 8 |
7362154253 | Theme | the main idea in a form of literature | ![]() | 9 |
7362154254 | Tone | the writer's attitude toward a subject | ![]() | 10 |
7362154255 | Symbol | a device where an object represents an idea | ![]() | 11 |
7362157266 | Verse | a single line of poetry | ![]() | 12 |
7362157267 | Voice | the form or a format through which narrators tell their stories | ![]() | 13 |
7362160506 | Exposition | literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers | ![]() | 14 |
7362160507 | Conflict | literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers | ![]() | 15 |
7362162645 | Rising Action | a series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest and tension in a narrative that leads up to the climax | ![]() | 16 |
7362162646 | Climax | the most intense, exciting, or important point of a story | ![]() | 17 |
7362164811 | Falling Action | the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved | ![]() | 18 |
7362168139 | Denouement | the resolution of the issue of a complicated plot in fiction | ![]() | 19 |
AP Literature Terminology 1 Flashcards
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