AP Literature Vocabulary Set 6 Flashcards
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| 7145234432 | aloof | (adj.) removed or distant either physically or emotionally; standoffish | 0 | |
| 7145235559 | clamorous | (adj.) marked by confused din or outcry; noisily insistent | 1 | |
| 7145236534 | amorous | (adj.) strongly moved by love and especially sexual love; indicative of love | 2 | |
| 7145237712 | pompous | (adj.) having or exhibiting self-importance, arrogant; excessively elevated or ornate | 3 | |
| 7145241241 | deluded | (adj.) deceived by false beliefs; having or characterized by delusional ideas | 4 | |
| 7145244289 | despondent | (adj.) feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression | 5 | |
| 7145246081 | transience | (n.) the quality of passing quickly in and out of existence, lasting only a short time | 6 | |
| 7145251299 | duplicitous | (adj.) deceitful in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing | 7 | |
| 7145253531 | malevolent | (adj.) wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will | 8 | |
| 7145254663 | surcease | (v.) to cease from some action, desist; to come to an end | 9 |
AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 6686498228 | Absract | An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research | 0 | |
| 6686498229 | Adage | A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language | 1 | |
| 6686512573 | Allegory | A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic metaphorical or possibly an ethical meaning. In works such a spencers the Faerie Queene and Bunyons pilgrims process the story and characters represent values beyond themselves | 2 | |
| 6686527389 | Alliteration | The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose. Writers use alliteration for ornament or for emphasis. Generally enhances the aesthetic quality of a prose passage or poem | 3 | |
| 6686546828 | Allusion | A reference to a person place or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea. | 4 | |
| 6686558948 | Ambiguity | Vagueness of meaning a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretations | 5 | |
| 6686569411 | Anachronism | A person scene event or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set. The author statement that thousands of people witnessed the Kennedy assassination on their smart phones is an Anachronism | 6 | |
| 6686593343 | Analogy | A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things | 7 | |
| 6686593344 | Annotation | A brief explanation summary or evaluation of a text or a work of literature | 8 | |
| 6686593345 | Antagonist | I'll character or force in a work of literature that by opposing the protagonist produces tension or conflict | 9 | |
| 6686593346 | Antithesis | A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words clauses or sentences as in the following: "they promised freedom but provided slavery" | 10 | |
| 6686602475 | Aphorism | A short pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment | 11 | |
| 6686620819 | Apollonian | Refers to the most noble Godlike qualities of human nature and behavior | 12 | |
| 6686620820 | Apostrophe | I'll rhetorical device in which a speaker addresses a person or personified thing not present | 13 | |
| 6686620821 | Archetype | A typical example of a certain person or thing | 14 | |
| 6686647795 | Assonance | The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prose | 15 | |
| 6686647796 | Ballad | A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited | 16 | |
| 6686723709 | Bard | A poet; in olden times a performer who told heroic stories to musical accompaniment | 17 | |
| 6686723710 | Bathos | Over the top sympathy | 18 | |
| 6686723711 | Bibliography | Cited list of works relevant to a work | 19 | |
| 6686723712 | Blank verse | Poetry written in iambic pentameter who's lines are generally blank and do not rhyme. Similar to free verse | 20 | |
| 6686723713 | Bombast | Inflated, pretentious language used to describe average things | 21 | |
| 6686723714 | Burlesque | A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject | 22 | |
| 6686723715 | Cacophony | Inharmonious sounds made by words or phrases | 23 | |
| 6686723716 | Caesura | A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse not always marked by punctuation | 24 | |
| 6686723717 | Canon | Most important works of literature in a period, words widely read and studied | 25 | |
| 6686723718 | Caricature | A likeness of striking qualities in persons or things | 26 | |
| 6686723719 | Climax | High point of the story | 27 | |
| 6686723720 | Coming of age novel | A tale in which a young protagonist experiences and entrance to adulthood. The character may develop understanding via disillusionment, education, doses of reality, or any other experiences that alter his or her emotional or intellectual maturity | 28 | |
| 6686739141 | Conceit | A witty or ingenious thought; and the routing or highly fanciful idea often stated in figurative language | 29 | |
| 6686739142 | Connotation | The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase | 30 | |
| 6686748885 | Consonance | The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or A line of poetry | 31 | |
| 6686748886 | Couplet | A pair of rhyming lines in a poem. | 32 | |
| 6686767091 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 33 | |
| 6686767092 | Dénouement | The resolution that a cruise at the end of the play or work of fiction | 34 | |
| 6686767093 | Diction | The choice of words in speech and writing. | 35 | |
| 6686783856 | Dramatic Irony | A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about the situation than a character | 36 | |
| 6686783857 | Elegy | A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value | 37 | |
| 6686808038 | Enjambment | The use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them. Similar to run on sentences | 38 | |
| 6686808039 | Epic | Extended narrative poem that tells of the adventures and exploits of a hero that is generally larger than life and is often considered a legendary figured such as Odysseus. | 39 | |
| 6686808040 | Epigram | A concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement Ex.) "the good ended happily, the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means." | 40 | |
| 6686851306 | Euphony | Harmonious sounds created by words or phrases | 41 | |
| 6686851307 | Eponymous | A term for the title character of a work of literature. Ex.) " Hamlet, Macbeth" | 42 | |
| 6686851308 | Euphenism | Oh mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term; passed away is a euphemism for die | 43 | |
| 6686851309 | Exposé | A piece of writing that reveals weaknesses, faults, frailties, or other shortcomings | 44 | |
| 6686851310 | Exposition | The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea of a work of literature | 45 | |
| 6686851311 | Fable | A short tail often featuring non-human characters that act as people whose actions enable the author to make observations or draw useful lessons about human behavior | 46 | |
| 6686889470 | Falling Action | Action in a play or story that occurs after the climax and leads to the conclusion | 47 | |
| 6686889471 | Fantasy | A story containing unreal, imaginary features | 48 | |
| 6686889472 | Farce | A comity that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious purpose. | 49 | |
| 6686889473 | First person narrative | A narrative told by a character involved in the story using first person pronouns such as I and we. The story is told from the main characters point of view | 50 | |
| 6686889474 | Flashback | A return to an earlier time in the story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances | 51 | |
| 6686889475 | Foil | Oh minor character whose personality or attitude contrasts with that of the main character | 52 | |
| 6686889476 | Foreshadowing | Providing hints of things to come in a story or play | 53 | |
| 6686889477 | Free verse | It kind of poetry without rhymed lines, rhythm, or fixed metrical feet | 54 | |
| 6686927230 | Gothic Novel | An hour and watch supernatural whores and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action | 55 | |
| 6686927231 | Hubris | The excessive pride but often leads tragic heroes to their death | 56 | |
| 6686927232 | Humanism | I believe that Anthis sizes faith and optimism and human potential and creativity | 57 | |
| 6686927233 | Hyperbole | An exaggeration for rhetorical effect | 58 | |
| 6686927234 | Idyll | A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place | 59 | |
| 6686927235 | In Media Res | A narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but out of some other critical point | 60 | |
| 6686927236 | Irony | A mode of expression and watch the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or light sarcasm | 61 | |
| 6686935424 | Litotes | A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity. Ex.) *really bad dancer "he's not a bad dancer" | 62 | |
| 6686956603 | Lyric poetry | Personal, reflective poetry that reveals the speakers thoughts and feelings about the subject | 63 | |
| 6686956604 | Melodrama | A literary form and which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response | 64 | |
| 6686956605 | Metaphor | A figure of speech that compares unlike objects | 65 | |
| 6686968406 | Meter | The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllable's found in poetry | 66 | |
| 6686968407 | Metonymy | A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which is associated | 67 | |
| 6686968408 | Mood | What the author makes you feel | 68 | |
| 6686989485 | Moral | A lesson learned from a literary work | 69 | |
| 6686989486 | Motif | A repeating freeze or idea that serves to unify a theme in the work | 70 | |
| 6686989487 | Narrative | A form of verse or pros that tells a story | 71 | |
| 6686989488 | Naturalism | A synonym to realism; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic | 72 |
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AP Spanish Literature terms Flashcards
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| 6420673606 | prosa | Expresión natural del lenguaje. no usa ritmo o rima | 0 | |
| 6420685500 | narrativa | Género literario formado por el cuento, la novela y la novela corta. | 1 | |
| 7527108863 | autor | Persona que escribe una obra literaria. | 2 | |
| 7527108864 | La Edad Media | siglos XIV & XV. Uso del latín ,arte románico y gótico, el camino de Santiago, la monarquía feudal, nobleza vs. pueblo pobre, la clase burguesa, el poder de la Iglesia | 3 | |
| 7527112329 | hipérbole | exageración consiste en exagerar la realidad de la historia con palabras y frases específicas para dar más énfasis | 4 | |
| 7527115412 | didáctico | un cuento con una moraleja | 5 | |
| 7527118373 | octosílabo | 8 silabos | 6 | |
| 7527122490 | heptasílabo | 7 slabs | 7 | |
| 7527130184 | polisindentón | el uso de conjunciones como (y, en,) | 8 | |
| 7527133224 | paralelismo | consiste en repetir una misma estructura varias veces pero alterando algún elemento. | 9 | |
| 7527133225 | aliteracion | a repetición de uno o varios sonidos dentro de una misma palabra o frase. | 10 | |
| 7527136306 | polifonía | la simultaneidad de sonidos diferentes que forman una armonía. | 11 | |
| 7527140466 | rima asonante | En la rima asonante o imperfecta, se repiten solamente las vocales a partir de la vocal acentuada. | 12 | |
| 7527146726 | moraleja | Enseñanza que se deduce de algo, especialmente de un cuento o de una fábula. | 13 | |
| 7527146727 | punto de vista | el narrador o poeta, no necesariamente el autor. | 14 | |
| 7527150146 | rima consonante | se repiten todos los sonidos a partir de la vocal acentuada. facil de ver | 15 | |
| 7527150147 | in media res | donde la narración comienza en medio de la historia | 16 | |
| 7527153682 | estribillo | Palabra o frase que se repite o intercala en el discurso con excesiva frecuencia | 17 | |
| 7527153683 | arcaísmo | Palabra o expresión arcaica | 18 | |
| 7527162992 | figura retórica | epresentan una manera diferente de utilizar el lenguaje. La finalidad de estas figuras es crear un estilo comunicativo más original, más literario. | 19 | |
| 7527162993 | alejandrino | verso de catorce silabas devido en dos secciones | 20 | |
| 7527183260 | metafora | estableciendo una relación de semejanza o analogía entre ambos términos. | 21 | |
| 7527183261 | apóstrofe | interrumpir el discurso para dirigirse con vehemencia a otra persona | 22 | |
| 7527189006 | endecasilabos | 11 silabos | 23 | |
| 7527192212 | anafora | usando una palabra muchas veces | 24 | |
| 7527198924 | parodía | Imitación burlesca de un género, de una obra artística o literaria, del estilo de un escritor, o de los gestos o manera de ser de una persona. | 25 | |
| 7527203238 | híperbole | exageración | 26 | |
| 7527210064 | enumeracion | figura que nombra distintas partes de un concepto o pensamiento general | 27 | |
| 7527221741 | ironía | lo contrario de lo que se quiere dar a entender | 28 | |
| 7527225694 | elipsis | ... | 29 | |
| 7527228584 | hiperbatón | la alteración del orden sintáctico que se considera habitual y lógico de las palabras de una oración. | 30 | |
| 7527228585 | antítesis | consiste en oponer dos ideas empleando palabras antónimas o frases de significado contrario | 31 | |
| 7527236855 | metonima | designar una cosa con el nombre de otra con la que existe una relación de contigüidad espacial | 32 | |
| 7527241073 | personificación | atribuir a los seres inanimados características y cualidades propias de los seres animados | 33 | |
| 7527244500 | gradacion | la ordenación de una serie de palabras de menor orden de importancia a mayor o viceversa. | 34 | |
| 7527244501 | conceptismo | especial curso en la lírica cancioneril del Siglo XV y el barroco del Siglo XVII en España, que se funda en una asociación ingeniosa entre palabras e ideas denominada "concepto" o "agudeza". | 35 | |
| 7527249939 | culteranismo | 36 | ||
| 7527249940 | retruécano | que consiste en la repetición de palabras con el orden inverso en otra frase, cambiando por completo su sentido y significado. | 37 | |
| 7527253413 | romance | 38 | ||
| 7527253414 | arte menor | menos de 9 silabos | 39 | |
| 7527256458 | arte mayor | mas de 9 si labos | 40 | |
| 7527256459 | sinestesia | la mezcla de sensaciones auditivas, visuales, gustativas, olfativas y táctiles, asocia elementos procedentes de los sentidos físicos con sensaciones internas (sentimientos). | 41 | |
| 7527262012 | Barraco | en estilo que se trata con la muerte, las batallas, y guerras | 42 | |
| 7527262013 | cesura | una pausa | 43 | |
| 7527279182 | soneto | es una composición poética compuesta por 14 versos de arte mayor | 44 | |
| 7527281985 | romanticismo | la naturaleza | 45 | |
| 7527287513 | encabalgamiento | quedando la primera parte en un verso y la segunda en el siguiente. | 46 | |
| 7527287514 | símil | Comparación entre dos cosas o ideas desiguales conectadas por "como" u otras palabras semejantes. | 47 | |
| 7527290793 | aliteracion | la repetición de uno o varios sonidos dentro de una misma palabra o frase. | 48 | |
| 7527290794 | analogia | una relación de semejanza entre cosas distintas | 49 | |
| 7527294137 | asindentón | omitir (no hay) las conjunciones o nexos que normalmente aparecerían dentro de una enumeración | 50 | |
| 7527299534 | voz poetica | La lírica o género lírico es un género literario en el que el autor quiere transmitir sentimientos, emociones o sensaciones respecto a una persona u objeto de inspiración | 51 | |
| 7527299565 | apócope | pérdida de uno o más sonidos en posición final de palabra. | 52 | |
| 7527306067 | copla | Conjunto de versos que generalmente se ajustan a una medida y ritmo determinados y constantes a lo largo de un poema o canción. (como un estrofa) | 53 | |
| 7527306068 | ritmo | la estructura de la poesía, bien en la sucesión planificada de sílabas largas | 54 | |
| 7527306069 | sinalefa | el compuesto de una sílaba única de la última sílaba de una palabra que termine en vocal y/o la primera de la siguiente, | 55 | |
| 7527313628 | poeta | algien quien escribe poesia | 56 | |
| 7527313629 | metrica | Medida, estructura y combinación de los versos de una determinada composición poética, de un escritor, de una época o de un lugar. | 57 | |
| 7527313630 | verso | es un grupo de palabras que está sujeto a medidas, ritmo y rima lo cual produce un determinado efecto rítmico en forma de poema. | 58 | |
| 7527317151 | redonilla | Estrofa formada por cuatro versos de arte menor, generalmente octosílabos, de los cuales, normalmente, riman en consonante el primero con el último y el segundo con el tercero. | 59 | |
| 7527317152 | consonancia | La consonancia consiste en repetir sonidos producidos por las consonantes dentro de una oración o frase. | 60 | |
| 7527320781 | trisílabo | 3 silabos | 61 | |
| 7527324292 | asonancía | repeticion de un sonido. | 62 | |
| 7527344236 | alegoría | un dispositivo simbólico, cuyo significado como concepto, se combina con la ayuda de un objeto o idea más corpórea utilizada como ejemplo. Por lo general, sugiere un significado a través de ejemplos metafóricos. | 63 | |
| 7527344237 | sátira | critico con un poco de humor | 64 | |
| 7527357901 | el momento morí | tema, transformación inevitable de la vida en muerte. | 65 | |
| 7527361948 | arquetipo | Un arquetipo consiste en un concepto, persona, u objeto que, ha servido como un prototipo o idea original y que ha llegado a ser utilizado una y otra vez. | 66 | |
| 7527361949 | tropo | las figuras retóricas que emplean palabras en sentidos que van más alla de su singificado | 67 | |
| 7527365304 | flashback | literatura que consiste en intercalar en el desarrollo lineal de la acción secuencias referidas a un tiempo pasado. | 68 | |
| 7527365305 | paradoja | uso de cosas apuestos | 69 | |
| 7527372990 | cuento | Narración breve, oral o escrita, en la que se narra una historia de ficción con un reducido número de personajes | 70 | |
| 7527379330 | epiteto | una descripción o adjetivo | 71 | |
| 7527393041 | narrador en primer persona | el narrador es un personaje dentro de la historia | 72 | |
| 7527397147 | novela | obra con personajes | 73 | |
| 7527406359 | hipálage | uso de personificación o algo que no es normal para da una descripción de algo | 74 | |
| 7527429692 | onomatapoeya | un sonido como 'CRASH' | 75 | |
| 7527437953 | narrador en fidejio | 76 | ||
| 7527441195 | tres unidades | la unidad de acción (sólo se debía desarrollar un conflicto); la unidad de tiempo (todo debía pasar en un día); la unidad de lugar (todo se debía desarrollar en un lugar único). | 77 | |
| 7527441196 | dramaturgo | Persona que escribe obras de teatro. | 78 | |
| 7527444502 | desenlace | Parte de una obra literaria, una película o una obra de teatro en que se resuelve la trama. | 79 | |
| 7527444503 | aparte | es un recurso del texto dramático, como una suerte de monólogo en el que el personaje habla consigo mismo, simulando pensar en voz alta, para ser oído por el espectador | 80 | |
| 7527444504 | nudo | climax | 81 | |
| 7527447795 | escenario | arte del teatro u otro lugar destinado a la representación de un espectáculo ante un público | 82 | |
| 7527450866 | acotaciones | las acotaciones son las sugerencias que el autor da al director y a los actores para que interpreten de una manera específica un determinado pasaje de la obra | 83 | |
| 7527450867 | ironía dramática | na figura literaria mediante la que se da a entender algo muy distinto, o incluso contrario de lo que se dice o escribe. | 84 |
AP Language Terms List 2 Flashcards
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| 5016725830 | Deduction | Argument/reasoning from general to specific. (A thesis is the most specific part of an essay) | 0 | |
| 5016741461 | Denotation | Literal definition of a word. Dictionary definition. | 1 | |
| 5016747784 | Diction | Author's word choice. | 2 | |
| 5016755245 | Double Entendre | Double meaning of a group of words the author has purposefully left ambiguous. ("The bawdy hand of the dial is now on the prick of noon.") ("Children make delicious snacks.") | 3 | |
| 5016803949 | Elegiac | Mournful over what has passed or been lost. | 4 | |
| 5016813778 | Epigram | A brief, witty statement. ("A fool and his money are soon elected.") | 5 | |
| 5016825941 | Epithet | A word or phrase adding a characteristic to a thing or person's name. (eg. Richard the Lionhearted) (blood red moon) | 6 | |
| 5016844851 | Ethos | An appeal that focuses on the credibility of a person. | 7 | |
| 5016870323 | Euphemism | A word that serves as a substitute for an unpleasant word. (administrative assistant vs. secretary) (passed away vs died) | 8 | |
| 5018366415 | Figurative Language | Figures of speech that go beyond literal meaning to achieve a literary effect. (metaphors, similes, hyperbole, personification) | 9 | |
| 5018385321 | Grounds | The material a writer uses to support a claim. (evidence/appeals) | 10 | |
| 5018393705 | Hyperbole | Great exaggeration for emphasis. (I'm starving) (I'm drowning in homework) | 11 | |
| 5018565935 | Imagery | Descriptive words that appeal to a reader's senses. (sight, taste, hearing, touch) | 12 | |
| 5018574016 | Induction | Reasoning from specific to general. (1+3=4, 4 is even, therefore, an odd number plus an odd number is an even number) | 13 | |
| 5018585950 | Inference | Reasonable conclusion drawn from information presented. | 14 | |
| 5018588655 | Invective | Spiteful, angry language. | 15 | |
| 5018591792 | Inversion | A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject. (Yoda) ("Never have I experienced something more frightening.") | 16 | |
| 5018601751 | Irony | Dramatic - When the audience knows what will happen before the characters. Verbal - Opposite of what is said is meant. | 17 |
AP Literature Flashcards
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| 7277794201 | Act | A major division in a play. Often, individual acts are divided into smaller units ("scenes") that all take place in a specific location | 0 | |
| 7277825239 | Antagonist | the character against whom the protagonist struggles or contends | 1 | |
| 7277834016 | Aside | a few words or a short passage spoken by one character to the audience while the other actors on stage pretend their characters cannot hear the speaker's words | 2 | |
| 7277841429 | Catastrophe | The "turning downward" of the plot in a classical tragedy. Usually occurs in the fourth act of the play after the climax | 3 | |
| 7277850463 | Catharsis | An emotional discharge that brings about a moral or spiritual renewal or welcome relief from tension and anxiety. | 4 | |
| 7277852687 | Character | Any representation of an individual being presented in a dramatic or narrative work through extended dramatic or verbal representation | 5 | |
| 7277859261 | Dynamic Character | one whose personality changes or evolves over the course of a narrative or appears to have the capacity for such change | 6 | |
| 7277868078 | Flat Character | a character who serves a specific or minor literary function in a text | 7 | |
| 7277870397 | Static Character | A static character is a simplified character who does not change or alter his or her personality over the course of a narrative (also called flat) | 8 | |
| 7277880898 | Stock Character | A character type that appears repeatedly in a particular literary genre, one with certain conventional attributes or attitudes | 9 | |
| 7277894088 | Climax | The moment in a play, novel, short story, or narrative poem at which the crisis reaches its point of greatest intensity and is thereafter resolved | 10 | |
| 7277898737 | Comedy | the original meaning of the word, comedy referred to a genre of drama during the Dionysia festivals of ancient Athens | 11 | |
| 7277911731 | Comic relief | A humorous scene, incident, character, or bit of dialogue occurring after some serious, tragic, or frightening moment. | 12 | |
| 7277915249 | Conflict | The opposition between two characters (such as a protagonist and an antagonist), between two large groups of people, or between the protagonist and a larger problem such as forces of nature, ideas, public mores, and so on. Conflict may also be completely internal, such as the protagonist struggling with his psychological tendencies | 13 | |
| 7277922088 | Denouement | meaning "unknotting" or "unwinding," denouement refers to the outcome or result of a complex situation or sequence of events, an aftermath or resolution that usually occurs near the final stages of the plot | 14 | |
| 7277930829 | Epilogue | A conclusion added to a literary work such as a novel, play, or long poem | 15 | |
| 7277932960 | Exposition | The use of authorial discussion to explain or summarize background material rather than revealing this information through gradual narrative detail | 16 | |
| 7277936006 | Falling action | the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved | 17 | |
| 7277944162 | Foil | In fiction, a character who contrasts with another character —usually the protagonist— in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character | 18 | |
| 7277950314 | Hero | a person or main character of a literary work who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through impressive feats of ingenuity, bravery or strength, often sacrificing their own personal concerns for a greater good | 19 | |
| 7277953744 | Hubris | is extreme pride and arrogance shown by a character that ultimately brings about his downfall | 20 | |
| 7277957245 | Monologue | which is the speech or verbal presentation that a single character presents in order to express his/her collection of thoughts and ideas aloud | 21 | |
| 7277963089 | Prologue | an opening of a story that establishes the setting and gives background details | 22 | |
| 7277968736 | Protagonist | the central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any other story (also called the hero) | 23 | |
| 7277973177 | Rising Action | includes all decisions, characters' flaws and background circumstances that together create turns and twists leading to a climax. | 24 | |
| 7277982833 | Scene | one of the subdivisions of a play: division of an act presenting continuous action in one place | 25 | |
| 7277992618 | Soliloquy | often used in drama when a character speaks to himself or herself, relating thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audience, giving off the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections. | 26 | |
| 7277995752 | Tragedy | branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual | 27 | |
| 7277999769 | Tragic flaw | a trait in a character leading to his downfall and the character is often the hero of the literary piece | 28 | |
| 7278003407 | Villain | A versatile genre of poetry consisting of nineteen lines--five tercets and a concluding quatrain | 29 | |
| 7279487544 | Allusion | a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance | 30 | |
| 7279491015 | Apostrophe | used when a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present in the poem | 31 | |
| 7279493250 | Euphemism | polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or which suggest something unpleasant | 32 | |
| 7279497925 | Metaphor | a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics | 33 | |
| 7279502740 | Onomatopoeia | a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting | 34 | |
| 7279505359 | Personification | a figure of speech in which a thing - an idea or an animal - is given human attributes | 35 | |
| 7279507969 | Simile | a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things | 36 | |
| 7279509550 | Symbol | A figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning | 37 | |
| 7279512585 | Synecdoche | a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part | 38 | |
| 7279517883 | Understatement | a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is | 39 |
AP Spanish Literature Literary Terms Flashcards
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| 4579662870 | vocales | vowels | 0 | |
| 4579662871 | diptongo | diphthong, the combination of a strong vowel (a, o, e) with a weak vowel (i, u) | 1 | |
| 4579662872 | sinéresis | two strong vowels in the same syllable | 2 | |
| 4579662873 | sinalefa | blending two successive vowels into one syllable | 3 | |
| 4579662874 | llana | describes words in which the stressed syllable is the second to last | 4 | |
| 4579662875 | aguda | describes words in which the stressed syllable is the last | 5 | |
| 4579662876 | esdrújulas | describes words in which the stressed syllable is the third to last | 6 | |
| 4579662877 | tetrasílabo | four syllables per line | 7 | |
| 4579662878 | hexasílabo | six syllables per line | 8 | |
| 4579662879 | heptasílabo | seven syllables per line | 9 | |
| 4579662880 | octosílabo | eight syllables per line | 10 | |
| 4579662881 | eneasílabo | nine syllables per line | 11 | |
| 4579662882 | decasílabo | ten syllables per line | 12 | |
| 4579662883 | endecasílabo | eleven syllables per line | 13 | |
| 4579662884 | dodecasílabo | twelve syllables per line | 14 | |
| 4579662885 | alejandrino | fourteen syllables per line | 15 | |
| 4579662886 | hipérbole | hyperbole, exaggeration | 16 | |
| 4579662887 | prosopopeya | personification, giving human characteristics to non-human objects | 17 | |
| 4579662888 | aliteración | alliteration, repetition of the same sound or group of sounds | 18 | |
| 4579662889 | anáfora | anaphora, repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of two or more verses or sentences | 19 | |
| 4579662890 | antítesis | antithesis, expression of contradictory ideas in similar phrases | 20 | |
| 4579662891 | aparte | aside, technical theater term to communicate to the audience certain things that the other characters should not know | 21 | |
| 4579662892 | apóstrofe | apostrophe, a passage addressing a person or thing as if it could respond | 22 | |
| 4579662893 | arquetipo | archetype, a typical example or symbol of something, a model of behavior | 23 | |
| 4579662894 | arte mayor | verses with more than eight syllables | 24 | |
| 4579662895 | arte menor | verses with eight syllables or less | 25 | |
| 4579662896 | asíndeton | asyndeton, omission of a conjunction between parts of a sentence | 26 | |
| 4579662897 | carpe diem | life is short and should be appreciated | 27 | |
| 4579662898 | cesura | caesura, a pause in the middle of a line | 28 | |
| 4579662899 | clímax | climax, most intense point of action in the plot | 29 | |
| 4579662900 | elipsis | ellipsis, omission of elements of a sentence | 30 | |
| 4579662901 | encabalgamiento | enjambment, continuation of a thought from one verse to the next | 31 | |
| 4579662902 | epopeya | epic poetry, poetry in an elevated style describing a historic or legendary hero | 32 | |
| 4579662903 | epíteto | epithet, addition of adjectives that are not necessary, but emphasize a certain characteristic of a thing | 33 | |
| 4579662904 | estribillo | refrain, line or lines that are repeated throughout a poem | 34 | |
| 4579662905 | estrofa | stanza | 35 | |
| 4579662906 | estructura | structure, the framework of a literary work | 36 | |
| 4579662907 | exposición | exposition, the beginning of a work in which the characters and premise are introduced | 37 | |
| 4579662908 | hamartia | tragic flaw, weakness of a tragic hero that leads him to catastrophe | 38 | |
| 4579662909 | hipérbaton | hyperbaton, alteration to the typical order of words in a sentence | 39 | |
| 4579662910 | imagen | image, literal or figurative representation of an object or sensory experience, mental image | 40 | |
| 4579662911 | in media res | beginning in the middle of the action rather than before | 41 | |
| 4579662912 | metáfora | metaphor, a comparison between objects in which one object is typically symbolic of another | 42 | |
| 4579662913 | metonimia | metonymy, substitution of a word for the idea meant | 43 | |
| 4579662914 | onomatopeya | onomatopoeia, use of words to imitate a sound | 44 | |
| 4579662915 | paradoja | paradox, union of apparently irreconcilable ideas | 45 | |
| 4579662916 | pareado | couplet, stanza of two lines | 46 | |
| 4579662917 | parodia | parody, exaggerated imitation of something for comic effect | 47 | |
| 4579662918 | prefiguración | foreshadowing, indication of events to come | 48 | |
| 4579662919 | realismo mágico | magical realism, magical elements in a realistic setting | 49 | |
| 4579662920 | rima asonante | assonance, type of rhyme in which only the vowels rhyme | 50 | |
| 4579662921 | rima consonante | consonance, rhyme in which the last sounds rhyme | 51 | |
| 4579662922 | simbolo | symbol, use of a concrete object to represent an abstract idea | 52 | |
| 4579662923 | símil | simile, comparison between two objects using like or as | 53 | |
| 4579662924 | sinécdoque | synecdoche, substituting the name of an object for another related object, typically used to give an object a more general name | 54 | |
| 4579662925 | soneto | sonnet, poetic composition of fourteen lines | 55 | |
| 4579662926 | tema | theme | 56 | |
| 4579662927 | tono | tone, attitude of the author towards the material | 57 | |
| 4579662928 | alegoría | allegory, story interpreted to reveal a deeper meaning | 58 | |
| 4579662929 | copla | couplet, two lines of verse joined into one unit | 59 | |
| 4579662930 | figuras retóricas | rhetorical figure, language device used by a writer to prompt the reader to consider the meaning from a different perspective | 60 | |
| 4579662931 | hemistiquio | hemistich, half a line of verse preceded or followed by a caesura, sometimes used to indicate tension or suspense | 61 | |
| 4579662932 | justicia poética | poetic justice, device in which a character is punished or rewarded based on their actions, often by fate | 62 | |
| 4579662933 | metro | meter, rhythmic structure of verse | 63 | |
| 4579662934 | retruécano | pun, play on words involving words that sound similar or a word with multiple meanings | 64 | |
| 4579662935 | octava | octave, verse consisting of eight lines | 65 | |
| 4579662936 | polifonía | polyphony, aspect of narrative involving multiple perspectives | 66 | |
| 4579662937 | oda | ode, lyric poem addressing a particular subject, often elevated in style | 67 | |
| 4579662938 | polisíndeton | polysyndeton, repetition of conjunctions | 68 | |
| 4579662939 | pregunta retórica | rhetorical question, question posed for effect and not intended to be answered | 69 | |
| 4579662940 | ritmo | rhythm, pattern of language | 70 | |
| 4579662941 | serventesio | stanza of four verses of more than eight syllables with consonance, usually with a rhyme scheme ABAB | 71 | |
| 4579662942 | apología | eulogy, speech in defense or praise of a person or ideology | 72 | |
| 4579662943 | caricatura | caricature, work that ridicules the example it is about | 73 | |
| 4579662944 | cromatismo | the use of a set or range of colors to represent ideas or emotions | 74 | |
| 4579662945 | desdoblamiento | formation of two or more things through the separation of components that tend to be together, such as the manifestation of two or more personalities | 75 | |
| 4579662946 | leitmotiv | leading motif, repetition of a word, phrase, situation, or concept in a work | 76 | |
| 4579662947 | metaficción | metafiction, fiction in which the author breaks the illusion of reality in a work by referring to the artificiality of the work | 77 | |
| 4579662948 | sátira | satire, a literary work whose purpose is to ridicule the subject | 78 | |
| 4579662949 | narrativa epistolar | epistolary novel, a work in the form of written letters from one or multiple characters | 79 | |
| 4579662950 | narrador fidedigno | reliable narrator, narrator whose understanding of the characters or the actions in the story accredit it to tell the facts | 80 | |
| 4579662951 | narrador no fidedigno | unreliable narrator, narrator who misinterprets the motives or action of the characters or who does no perceive the connections between the facts of the story, creating a discrepancy between the author and the narrator because the narrator is offering inconsistent information | 81 | |
| 4579662952 | narrador testigo | witness, narrator who does not participate in the action of the story but relates the facts in first person and makes commentary | 82 | |
| 4579662953 | narratario | the person at whom the narrator directs the text | 83 | |
| 4579662954 | parábola | parable, a short educational story whose action is applicable to another situation | 84 | |
| 4579662955 | diéresis | diaeresis, pronunciation of vowels in a diphthong in separate syllables | 85 | |
| 4579662956 | hiato | hiatus, separation of a sinalefa | 86 | |
| 4579662957 | verso blanco | blank verse, verse that does not have any kind of rhyme with any other verse, appears in poems with a regular metric rhyme scheme | 87 | |
| 4579662958 | verso libre | free verse, verso that does not have any rhyme or metric pattern | 88 | |
| 4579662959 | polimetría | polymetric, use of distinct metric forms in a single poem | 89 | |
| 4579662960 | silva | silva meter, combines verses of seven and eleven syllables | 90 | |
| 4579662961 | anagnórisis | anagnorisis, moment at which a character makes an important discovery or understands something about himself, human nature, or his situation | 91 | |
| 4579662962 | catarsis | catharsis, feeling of purification or liberation prompted by some experience | 92 | |
| 4579662963 | falla trágica | tragic flaw, fatal error of the protagonist in a work that causes an irreparable harm | 93 | |
| 4579662964 | pathos | in a Greek tragedy, the affection that inclines the audience towards the tragic character | 94 | |
| 4579662965 | tres unidades | theatrical rule that there is only one principal action, that the action does not last more than one day, and that all of the action takes place in the same place | 95 | |
| 4579662966 | cacofonía | cacophony, use of words that combine unpleasant sounds | 96 | |
| 4579662967 | sinestesia | synthesthesia, description of a sensation or image by means of sensations perceived by the five senses | 97 | |
| 4579662968 | conceptismo | conceptism, literary movement associated with the Spanish baroque period that is characterized by the use of word play, paradoxes, acuteness of thoughts, and concision in expression | 98 | |
| 4579662969 | culteranismo | Gongorism, Spanish literary style from the end of the 16th century and the 17th century, characterized by the excessive wealth of surprising metaphors, the exaggerated use of jargon, and syntactic complexity | 99 |
AP Literature Final Exam Review Flashcards
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| 6964034155 | allegory | story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning |  | 0 |
| 6964034156 | anaphora | repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning |  | 1 |
| 6964034157 | Enjambment | continuation of one line of a poem to the next without pause |  | 2 |
| 6964034158 | apostrophe | figure of speech used to address an imaginary character |  | 3 |
| 6964034159 | aside | when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage |  | 4 |
| 6964034160 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |  | 5 |
| 6964034163 | Shakespearean sonnet | a 14 line poem with a rhyme scheme of ababcdcdefefgg |  | 6 |
| 6964034164 | Spenserian sonnet | a 14 line poem with a rhyme scheme of ababbcbccdcdee | 7 | |
| 6964034165 | Italian sonnet | a 14 line poem that includes an octave and a sestet |  | 8 |
| 6964034168 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse |  | 9 |
| 6964034170 | free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |  | 10 |
| 6964034171 | internal rhyme | A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line |  | 11 |
| 6964034173 | meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |  | 12 |
| 6964034175 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. |  | 13 |
| 6964034176 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor |  | 14 |
| 6964034177 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. |  | 15 |
| 6964034178 | paradox | A seeming contradiction |  | 16 |
| 6964034179 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. |  | 17 |
| 6964034180 | soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage |  | 18 |
| 6964034181 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa ex: His new wheels were enviable. |  | 19 |
| 6964044230 | theme | universal lesson of a piece |  | 20 |
| 6964046973 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character |  | 21 |
| 6964048866 | mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader |  | 22 |
| 6964052376 | alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds |  | 23 |
| 6964057830 | archetype | a recurring character, setting, etc. in literature |  | 24 |
| 6964067678 | static character | A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end |  | 25 |
| 6964069182 | dynamic character | develops and grows during the course of the story |  | 26 |
AP Language Lesson Four Flashcards
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| 5232655366 | celibate | unmarried | 0 | |
| 5232656859 | censure | to criticize sharply | 1 | |
| 5232658348 | cessation | a stopping, a discontinuance | 2 | |
| 5232660822 | chaff | worthless matter | 3 | |
| 5232660845 | chagrin | embarrassment; or a complete loss of courage | 4 | |
| 5232663462 | chimerical | imaginary, fantastic | 5 | |
| 5232665826 | coalesce | to blend, to merge | 6 | |
| 5232665827 | debacle | a complete failure; a total collapse | 7 | |
| 5232668346 | debauchery | corruption; self-indulgence | 8 | |
| 5232670178 | deference | respect, consideration | 9 | |
| 5232672224 | defile | to pollute, to corrupt | 10 | |
| 5232688114 | deign | to lower oneself before an inferior | 11 | |
| 5232689710 | delineate | to describe, to depict | 12 | |
| 5232701308 | demeanor | behavior; manner of conducting oneself | 13 | |
| 5232702859 | denouement | an outcome, result | 14 |
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