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AP Literature Vocab 9 Flashcards

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4758378480Foil (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
4758378481Formthe structure, shape, pattern, organization, or style of a piece of literature1
4758378482Framea narrative constructed so that one or more stories are embedded within another story2
4758378483Free Verseunrhymed poetry with lines of varying lengths, containing no specific metrical pattern.3
4758378484Foreshadowingthe arrangement and presentation of events and information in such a way that prepare for later events in a work4
4758378485Genrea specific kind or category of literature, e.g., mystery story, sonnet, romance novel5
4758378486Gothic (literature)a form of novel in which magic, mystery, horrors and chivalry abound6
4758378487Grotesquefocuses on physically or mentally (warped, deluded, retarded) impaired characters7
4758378488Haikupopular 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
4758378489Hamartiaa 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

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