4758378480 | Foil (literary device) | Character who provides a contrastto another character, thus emphasizing the other's traits; a character in a play who sets off the main character or other characters by comparison. | 0 | |
4758378481 | Form | the structure, shape, pattern, organization, or style of a piece of literature | 1 | |
4758378482 | Frame | a narrative constructed so that one or more stories are embedded within another story | 2 | |
4758378483 | Free Verse | unrhymed poetry with lines of varying lengths, containing no specific metrical pattern. | 3 | |
4758378484 | Foreshadowing | the arrangement and presentation of events and information in such a way that prepare for later events in a work | 4 | |
4758378485 | Genre | a specific kind or category of literature, e.g., mystery story, sonnet, romance novel | 5 | |
4758378486 | Gothic (literature) | a form of novel in which magic, mystery, horrors and chivalry abound | 6 | |
4758378487 | Grotesque | focuses on physically or mentally (warped, deluded, retarded) impaired characters | 7 | |
4758378488 | Haiku | popular Japanese form of poetry developed in 17th century. It usually had three lines, respectively, with 5, 7, then 5 syllables. Haiku often contrasts two opposing images and presents an implied comment of nature. | 8 | |
4758378489 | Hamartia | a tragic flaw or error in judgment. In literature, the tragic hero's error of judgment or inherent defect of character, usually less literally translated as a "fatal flaw." | 9 |
AP Literature Vocab 9 Flashcards
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