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AP Literature Terms week 4 Flashcards

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5522349550AnecdoteA short narrative0
5522349551AnticlimaxOccurs when an action produces far smaller results than one had been led to expect.1
5522349552AntiheroA protagonist who is markedly unheroic: morally weak, cowardly, dishonest, or any number of unsavory qualities.2
5522349553SettingThe physical location of a play, story, or novel, which often includes information about time and place. It can also provide backround info to a story.3
5522349554Point of ViewThe perspective from which the action of a novel (or narrative poem) is presented, whether the action is presented by one character or from different vantage points over the course of the novel.4
5522349555UnderstatementThe presentation of something being smaller, worse, or less important then it actually is .5
5522349556OxymoronA phrase composed of opposites, a contradiction.6
5522349557Parenthetical phraseA phrase set off by commas that interrupts the flow of a sentence with some commentary or added detail.7
5522349558StructureThe way in which a work is arraigned or divided. Can also refer to the relationship between the parts of a work and the work as a whole.8
5522349559SatireExposes common character flaws to the cold light of humor. It attempts to improve things by pointing out people's mistakes in the hope that, once exposed, the mistake will become less common.9

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