AP Literature Flashcards
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| 7333506103 | Prose | Non-metrical language; the opposite of verse | 0 | |
| 7333506104 | Theme | The main idea, or message, of a literary work. Themes often explore timeless and universal ideas and may be implied rather than stated explicitly. | 1 | |
| 7333528610 | Tone | The writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject, the audience, or him/herself; the emotional coloring, or emotional meaning, of a work | 2 | |
| 7333549561 | Topic | The subject matter or area of a literary work. Not to be confused with theme. | 3 | |
| 7333556430 | Setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs | 4 | |
| 7333564967 | Symbol | (literary) Something that means more than what it is; an object, person, situation, or action that in addition to its literal meaning suggests other meanings as well, a figure of speech which may be read both literally and figuratively | 5 | |
| 7333700185 | Verse | Metrical language; the opposite of prose | 6 | |
| 7333706830 | Voice | The distinct style or manner of expression of an author or a character in the book | 7 | |
| 7333725609 | Antagonist | Character in the story or poem who opposes the main character(protagonist). Sometimes the antagonist is an animal, idea, or thing | 8 | |
| 7333743975 | Character | (1) Any of the persons involved in a story or play (2)The distinguishing moral qualities and personal traits of a character | 9 |
AP Literature Terms Flashcards
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| 7960840547 | allegory | story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning |  | 0 |
| 7960840548 | alliteration | beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words |  | 1 |
| 7960840549 | allusion | indirect of passing reference |  | 2 |
| 7960840550 | anaphora | repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning |  | 3 |
| 7960840551 | antagonist | a hostile person who is opposed to another character |  | 4 |
| 7960840552 | apostrophe | figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character |  | 5 |
| 7960840553 | approximate rhyme | words in rhyming pattern that sound alike |  | 6 |
| 7960840554 | aside | when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage |  | 7 |
| 7960840555 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |  | 8 |
| 7960840556 | blank verse | poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme |  | 9 |
| 7960840557 | cacophony | blend of unharmonious sounds |  | 10 |
| 7960840558 | caesura | pause in the middle of a line |  | 11 |
| 7960840559 | catharsis | the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse) |  | 12 |
| 7960840560 | flat character | story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic |  | 13 |
| 7960840561 | round character | character who has complex personality: contradicted person |  | 14 |
| 7960840562 | dynamic character | changes throughout the story, through major conflict |  | 15 |
| 7960840563 | static character | person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality |  | 16 |
| 7960840564 | characterization | process of revealing characters personality |  | 17 |
| 7960840565 | climax | point where conflict hits its highest point |  | 18 |
| 7960840566 | comedy | drama that is amusing or funny |  | 19 |
| 7960840567 | conflict | struggle between opposing forces |  | 20 |
| 7960840568 | connotation | secondary meaning to a word |  | 21 |
| 7960840569 | consonance | repetition of same consonant in words close together |  | 22 |
| 7960840570 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse |  | 23 |
| 7960840571 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word |  | 24 |
| 7960840572 | denouement | final outcome of the story |  | 25 |
| 7960840573 | deus ex machina | resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence |  | 26 |
| 7960840574 | didactic writing | writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach |  | 27 |
| 7960840575 | direct presentation of character | author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story |  | 28 |
| 7960840576 | double rhyme | rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn) | 29 | |
| 7960840577 | dramatic exposition | prose commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world |  | 30 |
| 7960840578 | end rhyme | rhymes occurring at the end of line |  | 31 |
| 7960840579 | end stopped line | line ending in regular punctuation |  | 32 |
| 7960840580 | English sonnet | a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg |  | 33 |
| 7960840581 | epiphany | when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life |  | 34 |
| 7960840582 | euphony | smooth choice and arrangement of sounds |  | 35 |
| 7960840583 | extended figure | A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem. |  | 36 |
| 7960840584 | falling action | Events after the climax, leading to the resolution |  | 37 |
| 7960840585 | feminine rhyme | lines rhymed by their final two syllables |  | 38 |
| 7960840586 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. |  | 39 |
| 7960840587 | figure of speech | a way of saying something other than the ordinary way |  | 40 |
| 7960840588 | foot | basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables |  | 41 |
| 7960840589 | form | external pattern or shape of a poem |  | 42 |
| 7960840590 | free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |  | 43 |
| 7960840591 | hamartia | tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall |  | 44 |
| 7960840592 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) |  | 45 |
| 7960840593 | indirect presentation of character | the personality of a character is revealed by what he or she does or says |  | 46 |
| 7960840594 | internal rhyme | A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line |  | 47 |
| 7960840595 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality |  | 48 |
| 7960840596 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |  | 49 |
| 7960840597 | dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. |  | 50 |
| 7960840598 | irony of situation | refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended |  | 51 |
| 7960840599 | italian sonnet | A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd |  | 52 |
| 7960840600 | masculine rhyme | A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable |  | 53 |
| 7960840601 | melodrama | a play based upon a dramatic plot and developed sensationally |  | 54 |
| 7960840602 | metaphor | A comparison without using like or as |  | 55 |
| 7960840603 | meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |  | 56 |
| 7960840604 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it |  | 57 |
| 7960840605 | motivation | A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior |  | 58 |
| 7960840606 | narrator | Person telling the story |  | 59 |
| 7960840607 | octave | 8 line stanza |  | 60 |
| 7960840608 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. |  | 61 |
| 7960840609 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor |  | 62 |
| 7960840610 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. |  | 63 |
| 7960840611 | paradox | A contradiction or dilemma |  | 64 |
| 7960840612 | paraphrase | A restatement of a text or passage in your own words. |  | 65 |
| 7960840613 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |  | 66 |
| 7960840614 | plot | Sequence of events in a story | | 67 |
| 7960840615 | point of view | The perspective from which a story is told |  | 68 |
| 7960840616 | omniscient point of view | The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person. |  | 69 |
| 7960840617 | third person limited point of view | narrator tells the story from only one character's pov |  | 70 |
| 7960840618 | first person point of view | a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself |  | 71 |
| 7960840619 | objective point of view | a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events. |  | 72 |
| 7960840620 | protagonist | Main character |  | 73 |
| 7960840621 | quatrain | A four line stanza |  | 74 |
| 7960840622 | rhythm | A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions. |  | 75 |
| 7960840623 | rhyme scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem |  | 76 |
| 7960840624 | rising action | Events leading up to the climax |  | 77 |
| 7960840625 | sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt |  | 78 |
| 7960840626 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. |  | 79 |
| 7960840627 | scansion | Analysis of verse into metrical patterns |  | 80 |
| 7960840628 | sestet | 6 line stanza |  | 81 |
| 7960840629 | setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. |  | 82 |
| 7960840630 | simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" |  | 83 |
| 7960840631 | soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage |  | 84 |
| 7960840632 | sonnet | 14 line poem |  | 85 |
| 7960840633 | stanza | A group of lines in a poem | | 86 |
| 7960840634 | stream of consciousness | private thoughts of a character without commentary |  | 87 |
| 7960840635 | syllabic verse | Verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of feet per line. |  | 88 |
| 7960840636 | symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else |  | 89 |
| 7960840637 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |  | 90 |
| 7960840638 | synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") |  | 91 |
| 7960840639 | tercet | 3 line stanza | | 92 |
| 7960840640 | terza rima | a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc. |  | 93 |
| 7960840641 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature |  | 94 |
| 7960840642 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character |  | 95 |
| 7960840643 | tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character |  | 96 |
| 7960840644 | truncation | Utilizing a melody with part of the end omitted. |  | 97 |
| 7960840645 | understandment | the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis |  | 98 |
| 7960840646 | verse | A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme | | 99 |
| 7960840647 | vilanelle | a nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the other tercets and with both repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain. |  | 100 |
AP Literature Terms - Barringer Flashcards
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| 4305864268 | allegory | A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic, metaphorical, or possibly an ethical meaning. The story and characters represent values beyond themselves. Example: Christian met Faith and traveled to Heaven, Oregon. | 0 | |
| 4305865541 | allusion | A reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea. Example: Any quote from Shakespeare, Dickens, The Bible, etc. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." | 1 | |
| 4305871285 | analogy | A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things. Example: "Structure of an atom is like a solar system. Nucleus is the sun and electrons are the planets revolving around their sun." | 2 | |
| 4305871712 | antithesis | A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words, clauses, or sentences. Example: "Setting foot on the moon may be a small step for a man but a giant step for mankind." | 3 | |
| 4305871713 | apostrophe | A rhetorical device in which a speaker addresses a person or personified thing not present. Example: "Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand? / Come, let me clutch thee! / I have thee not, and yet I see thee still." | 4 | |
| 4305886990 | caricature | An often amusing characterization or cartoon of a person. | 5 | |
| 4305888450 | chiasmus | a verbal pattern (a type of antithesis) in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first with the parts reversed. Example: "Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You." | 6 | |
| 4305891855 | cliche | An expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, even to the point of being trite or irritating. Example: "Put your nose to the grindstone. Give it the old college try." | 7 | |
| 4305893085 | connotation | The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase. Contrast with denotation, which is the word's actual definition. | 8 | |
| 4305898255 | contrast | a rhetorical device through which writers identify differences between two subjects, places, persons, things or ideas. Simply, it is a type of opposition between two objects highlighted to emphasize their differences. | 9 | |
| 4305901101 | dénouement | The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction. | 10 | |
| 4305903323 | didactic (tone or attitude) | The author attempts to educate or instruct the reader. Example: "Know then thyself, presume not God to scan the proper study of Mankind is Man." | 11 | |
| 4305909756 | dialogue | A literary technique in which writers employ two or more characters to be engaged in conversation with each other. | 12 | |
| 4305910631 | diction | The choice of words in oral and written discourse. Alliteration (repeated beginning sounds) and assonance (repeated vowel sounds) are two VERY common uses of diction. | 13 | |
| 4305915223 | empathy | A feeling created by the author--association or identification with an object or person. Readers FEEL empathy--it's a feeling. This is different from Pathos, which is a technique used by the author in an attempt to arouse empathy. | 14 | |
| 4305917894 | epiphany | A sudden realization--a flash of recognition in which someone or something is seen in a new light. | 15 | |
| 4305921305 | figurative language | In contrast to literal language, figurative language implies meanings. It includes metaphors, similes, and personification, among many others. | 16 | |
| 4305920167 | flashback | A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances. It might also be a character's account of the past, a dream, or a sudden association with past events. | 17 | |
| 4305952350 | foil | A minor character whose personality or attitude contrasts with that of the main character. Juxtaposing one character against another intensifies the qualities of both, to advantage or sometimes to disadvantage. Example: Scar and Mufasa. | 18 | |
| 4305920168 | foreshadowing | Providing hints of things to come in a story or play. | 19 | |
| 4305920169 | frame story | A narrative that provides the framework within which a number of different stories, which may or may not be connected, can be told. | 20 | |
| 4305927595 | gaps | A missing piece or explanation in a story | 21 | |
| 4305927596 | genre | A term used to describe literary forms, such as a novel, play, and essay. | 22 | |
| 4305927597 | hyperbole | Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect. Example: "I had to walk 500 miles to get there!" | 23 | |
| 4305930434 | imagery | To use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. | 24 | |
| 4305930435 | interior monologue | A narrative technique that exhibits the thoughts passing through the minds of the protagonists. | 25 | |
| 4305930436 | irony | A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or light sarcasm; a state of affairs or events that is the reverse of what might have been expected. | 26 | |
| 4305934099 | malapropism | The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, "dance a flamingo" (instead of flamenco). | 27 | |
| 4305934100 | metaphor | A figure of speech that compares unlike objects. Example: "He is a beast!" | 28 | |
| 4305957231 | mood | The emotional tone in a work of literature. | 29 | |
| 4305934896 | narrative pace | Narrative pace determines how quickly or how slowly the writer takes a reader through a story. | 30 | |
| 4305936189 | narrator | A character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem. | 31 | |
| 4305937976 | oxymoron | A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. Example: "Jumbo shrimp" or "terribly funny." | 32 | |
| 4305938948 | paradox | A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true | 33 | |
| 4305938949 | parallel scenes | Two or more scenes dealing with different individuals that happen at the approximate same time | 34 | |
| 4305938950 | parallel structure | Words, phrases and clauses that are linked together in a series or connected through identical style. Think of "I have a dream." Example: "He went to the mall, he bought some jeans, and he went home." | 35 | |
| 4305940299 | parody | A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way. Think of Saturday Night Live or Weird Al Yankovic. | 36 | |
| 4305940300 | pastoral | A work of literature dealing with rural, country life. | 37 | |
| 4305940301 | pathos | That element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow | 38 | |
| 4305941389 | persona (mask) | The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader, a viewer, or the world at large | 39 | |
| 4305941390 | personification | A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics. Example: "The car farted out black smoke." | 40 | |
| 4305942427 | point of view | The relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem. | 41 | |
| 4305943069 | projection into future (flash forward) | A scene or event from the future that appears in a narrative out of chronological order, usually for dramatic effect or irony. | 42 | |
| 4305945280 | realism | The depiction of people, things, and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect. This method usually results in depressing stories that don't sugarcoat life's trials. | 43 | |
| 4305945281 | repetition | Repeating of a word, phrase, or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect | 44 | |
| 4305946766 | rhetorical question | Question asked for effect, no answer required. | 45 | |
| 4305947569 | rhyme | The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals, used mostly in poetry. | 46 | |
| 4305947570 | rhythm/meter | The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry | 47 | |
| 4305948314 | romance | An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places. | 48 | |
| 4305949254 | sarcasm | A sharp, caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt; different from irony, which is more subtle | 49 | |
| 4305949255 | satire | A literary style used to poke fun at, attack, or ridicule an idea, vice, or foible, often for the purpose of inducing change. Think Saturday Night Live or Family Guy/South Park. | 50 | |
| 4305949591 | simile | A figurative comparison using the words like or as | 51 | |
| 4305950203 | stream of consciousness | A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind | 52 | |
| 4305950907 | subplot | A subordinate or minor collection of events in a novel or play, usually connected to the main plot | 53 | |
| 4305951237 | symbolism | The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object | 54 | |
| 4305951238 | syntax | Sentence structure or word order. The organization of language into meaningful structure; every sentence has a particular pattern of words. | 55 | |
| 4305967621 | tone | The author's attitude toward the subject being written about. The spirit or quality that is the work's emotional essence | 56 | |
| 4305951239 | tragic hero | A great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat. Tragic heroes have one flaw that usually leads to this downfall. | 57 | |
| 4305951897 | understatement | Figure of speech were literal sense is short of magnitude, the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended. Example: "Deserts are sometimes hot, dry and sandy" | 58 |
AP Literature Vocabulary Set 12 Flashcards
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| 7145727108 | irascible | (adj.) marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger | 0 | |
| 7145728056 | grandiloquent | (adj.) lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic in style, manner, or quality especially in language | 1 | |
| 7145730335 | abject | (adj.) sunk to or existing in a low state or condition; cast down in spirit | 2 | |
| 7145731622 | obsolete | (adj.) no longer in use or useful; of a kind or style no longer current; old-fashioned | 3 | |
| 7145733283 | serendipitous | (adj.) come upon or found by happy accident | 4 | |
| 7145736243 | syllogism | (n.) a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") | 5 | |
| 7145739669 | discursive | (adj.) moving from topic to topic without order; of or relating to discourse (verbal interchange of ideas) | 6 | |
| 7145742919 | ascetic | (adj.) practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline; austere in appearance, manner, or attitude | 7 | |
| 7145747112 | rebuff | (v.) to reject or criticize sharply; snub | 8 | |
| 7145747769 | palpable | (adj.) capable of being touched or felt; tangible; perceptible | 9 |
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AP World War I Flashcards
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| 4302110225 | Causes of the WWI | NIMA, nationalism, imperialism, militarism (arms race) and secret alliances |  | 0 |
| 4302127047 | When did WWI begin | 1914 | 1 | |
| 4302127651 | who was the President during WWI (hint WW) | Woodrow Wilson | 2 | |
| 4302110226 | Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire |  | 3 |
| 4302110227 | Allied Powers | Britain, France, Russia | 4 | |
| 4302110975 | Neutrality | Wilson's stance when WWI began | 5 | |
| 4302110976 | Reasons US favored Allies | German invasion of neutral Belgium economic ties to Britain and France German use of submarine warfare | 6 | |
| 4302111492 | Lusitania | British ocean liner sunk by German U Boat, killing 1,200 people including over 120 Americans |  | 7 |
| 4302112937 | Sussex Pledge | German promise to warn ships before sinking them |  | 8 |
| 4302112026 | "He Kept Us Out of War" | Wilson's campaign pledge in 1916 election |  | 9 |
| 4302112339 | Immediate causes of US entry into WWI | Zimmerman telegram to Mexico Germans broke Sussex Pledge BR and FR admit they will lose without us Russia drops out of war | 10 | |
| 4302114575 | Impact of War on women | go to work in factories, help earn right to vote | 11 | |
| 4302114975 | impact of War on African Americans | segregated in the military, Great Migration to the north begins. | 12 | |
| 4302115510 | impact of war on Economy | Agencies set up to manage resources. Price Administration, Food Administration. Wages rose, unions strengthened, but only while war lasted. | 13 | |
| 4302115511 | Espionage and Sedition Acts | restricted civil liberties of Americans by making it illegal to criticize the government, and interfere in war effort. Upheld by Supreme Court as "necessity" to prevent public danger. |  | 14 |
| 4302116251 | George Creel | head of propaganda to get Americans to buy Liberty bonds, |  | 15 |
| 4302117245 | Eugene Debs, William Jennings Bryan | objected to US entry into WWI |  | 16 |
| 4302117246 | 14 Points | Wilson's peace plan to end WWI and all wars |  | 17 |
| 4302118347 | The Paris Peace Conference | meeting to create treaty to end WWI |  | 18 |
| 4302118348 | The Treaty of Versailles | ended WWI, punished Germany severely, created 9 new countries in Europe |  | 19 |
| 4302118913 | Henry Cabot Lodge | Republican leader of the Senate, enemy of Wilson, led movement to prevent ratification of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 |  | 20 |
| 4302119840 | The League of Nations | organization created to prevent war, but US did not join it when Senate failed to ratify the Treaty of Versailles. |  | 21 |
AP English Literature and Composition Flashcards
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| 7625445285 | adage | A saying that becomes widely accepted as truth over time. Usually observances of life and behaviour that express a general truth. Ex: "A penny saved is a penny earned." | 0 | |
| 7625445286 | allegory | A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic, metaphorical or possibly ethical meaning. | 1 | |
| 7625445287 | alliteration | The repetition of one or more initial consonant in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose. Writers use this for ornament or for emphasis. | 2 | |
| 7625445288 | allusion | A reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea. | 3 | |
| 7625445289 | ambiguity | A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation. | 4 | |
| 7625445290 | anachronism | A person, scene, event, or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time/era in which the work is set. | 5 | |
| 7625445291 | analogy | A comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to something else that is quite different from it. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar. | 6 | |
| 7625445292 | antagonist | A character or force in a work of literature that, by opposing the protagonist produces tension or conflict. | 7 | |
| 7625445293 | antithesis | A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. | 8 | |
| 7625445294 | aphorism | A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner. The term is often applied to philosophical, moral and literary principles. | 9 | |
| 7625445295 | Apollonian | In contrast to Dionysian, it refers to the most noble, godlike qualities of human nature and behaviour. | 10 | |
| 7625445296 | apostrophe | A figure of speech where the writer or speaker detaches himself from his present reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech. | 11 | |
| 7625445297 | archetype | A character, action or situation which represents or reflects a commonly held or universal pattern, such as human nature. | 12 | |
| 7625445298 | assonance | The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prose. | 13 | |
| 7625445299 | ballad | A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited; a long narrative poem, usually in very regular meter and rhyme, typically has a folksy quality | 14 | |
| 7625445300 | bard | A poet or a performer in olden times who told heroic stories to musical accompaniment. | 15 | |
| 7625445301 | Bildungsroman | A special kind of novel that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of its main character from his or her youth to adulthood. Generally, such a novel starts with a loss or a tragedy that disturbs the main character emotionally. He or she leaves on a journey to fill that vacuum. | 16 | |
| 7625445302 | blank verse | Poetry written in iambic pentameter, the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton; its lines generally do not rhyme. | 17 | |
| 7625445303 | bombast | Inflated, pretentious language used for trivial subjects. | 18 | |
| 7625445304 | cacophony | The use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing and unmelodious sounds, primarily those of consonants, to achieve the desired results. Ex: "I detest war because cause of war is always trivial." | 19 | |
| 7625445305 | caesura | It involves creating a fracture within a sentence, where the two separate parts are distinguishable from one another yet intrinsically linked; the purpose is to create a dramatic pause. Ex: "Mozart- oh, how your music makes me soar!" | 20 | |
| 7625445306 | canon | The works most widely read, studied, and considered most important in national literature or in a specific literary period. | 21 | |
| 7625445307 | caricature | A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things; a portrait that exaggerates a facet of personality. | 22 | |
| 7625445308 | catharsis | A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy. | 23 | |
| 7625445309 | classicism | Deriving from the orderly qualities of ancient Greek and Roman culture; implies formality, objectivity, simplicity and restraint. | 24 | |
| 7625445310 | conceit | A figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors; it develops a comparison which is exceedingly unlikely but is, nonetheless, intellectually imaginative. | 25 | |
| 7625445311 | anticlimax | This occurs when an action produces far smaller results than one had been led to expect; it is frequently comic in effect. | 26 | |
| 7625445312 | anti-hero | A protagonist who is markedly un-heroic, morally weak, cowardly, dishonest, or any number of other unsavoury qualities; he is not just good or noble like a conventional hero. | 27 | |
| 7625445313 | aside | A speech (usually just a short comment) made by an actor to the audience, as though momentarily stepping outside of the action on stage. | 28 | |
| 7625445314 | atmosphere | The emotional tone or background that surrounds a scene. | 29 | |
| 7625445315 | black humor | The use of disturbing themes in comedy. Ex: two tramps comically debating over which should commit suicide first, and whether the branches of a tree will support their weight. | 30 | |
| 7625445316 | cadence | the beat or rhythm of poetry in a general sense | 31 | |
| 7625445317 | canto | is a divider in long poems, much like chapters in a novel | 32 | |
| 7625445318 | coinage | a.k.a. neologism, inventing a word | 33 | |
| 7625445319 | colloquialism | this is a word or phrase used in everyday conversational English that isn't a part of accepted "schoolbook" English | 34 | |
| 7625445320 | controlling image | when an image dominates and shapes the entire work | 35 | |
| 7625445321 | metaphysical conceit | a type of conceit that occurs only in metaphysical poetry | 36 | |
| 7625445322 | connotation | the suggest or implied meaning of a word/phrase | 37 | |
| 7625445323 | consonance | the repetition of two or more consonant sounds within a group of words or a line of poetry | 38 | |
| 7625445324 | couplet | a pair of lines that end in rhyme | 39 | |
| 7625445325 | heroic couplet | two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter are called this | 40 | |
| 7625445326 | denotation | the literal, dictionary definition of a word | 41 | |
| 7625445327 | denouement | the resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work or fiction | 42 | |
| 7625445328 | Dionysian | as distinguished from Apollonian, the word refers to sensual, pleasure seeking impulses | 43 | |
| 7625445329 | diction | the choice of words in oral and written discourse | 44 | |
| 7625445330 | syntax | the ordering and structuring of the words in a sentence | 45 | |
| 7625445331 | dirge | a song for the dead, its tone is typically slow, heavy, and melancholy | 46 | |
| 7625445332 | dissonance | the grating of incompatible sounds | 47 | |
| 7625445333 | doggerel | crude, simplistic verse, often in sing-song rhyme | 48 | |
| 7625445334 | dramatic irony | when the audience knows something that the characters in the drama do not | 49 | |
| 7625445335 | dramatic monologue | when a single speaker in literature says something to a silent audience | 50 | |
| 7625445336 | elegy | a poem or prose selection that laments or meditates on the passing/death of something/someone of value | 51 | |
| 7625445337 | elements | the basic techniques of each genre of literature. IN SHORT STORY: characters, irony, theme, symbol, plot, setting. IN POETRY: figurative language, symbol, imagery, rhythm, rhyme. IN DRAMA: conflict, characters, climax, conclusion, exposition, rising action, falling action, props. IN NONFICTION: argument, evidence, reason, appeals, fallacies, thesis. | 52 | |
| 7625445338 | ellipsis | three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation | 53 | |
| 7625445339 | empathy | a feeling of association or identification with an object/person | 54 | |
| 7625445340 | end stopped | a term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation | 55 | |
| 7625445341 | enjambment | the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause | 56 | |
| 7625445342 | epic | an 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 figure | 57 | |
| 7625445343 | mock epic | a parody form that deals with mundane events and ironically treats them as worthy of epic poetry | 58 | |
| 7625445344 | epitaph | lines that commemorate the dead at their burial place. usually a line or handful of lines, often serious or religious, but sometimes witty and even irreverent | 59 | |
| 7625445345 | epigram | a concise but ingenious, witty and thoughtful statement | 60 | |
| 7625445346 | euphony | when sounds blend harmoniously; pleasing, harmonious sounds | 61 | |
| 7625445347 | epithet | an adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing | 62 | |
| 7625445348 | eponymous | a term for the title character of a work of literature | 63 | |
| 7625445349 | euphemism | a mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term | 64 | |
| 7625445350 | explicit | to say or write something directly and clearly | 65 | |
| 7625445351 | explication | the interpretation/analysis of a text | 66 | |
| 7625445352 | extended metaphor | a series of comparisons between two unlike objects that occur over a number of lines | 67 | |
| 7625445353 | fable | a short tale often featuring nonhuman character that act as people whose actions enable the author to make observations or draw useful lessons about human behavior. i.e Orwell's "Animal Farm" | 68 | |
| 7625445354 | falling action | the action in a play or story that occurs after the climax and that leads to the conclusion and often to the resolution of the conflict | 69 | |
| 7625445355 | fantasy | a story containing unreal, imaginary features | 70 | |
| 7625445356 | farce | a comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose | 71 | |
| 7625445357 | figurative language | in contrast to literal language, this implies meanings. It includes devices such as metaphors, similes, and personification, etc. | 72 | |
| 7625445358 | foil | a secondary character whose purpose is to highlight the characteristics of a main character, usually by contrast | 73 | |
| 7625445359 | first person narrative | a narrative told by a character involved in the story, using first-person pronouns such as "I" and "we" | 74 | |
| 7625445360 | flashback | a return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present actions or circumstances | 75 | |
| 7625445361 | foreshadowing | an event or statement in a narrative that suggests, in miniature, a larger event that comes later | 76 | |
| 7625445362 | foot | the basic rhythmic unit of a line in poetry. it is formed by a combination of two or three syllables, either stressed or unstressed | 77 | |
| 7625445363 | frame | a structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative | 78 | |
| 7625445364 | free verse | a kind of poetry without rhymed lines, rhythm or fixed metrical feet | 79 | |
| 7625445365 | genre | a term used to describe literary forms, such as novel, play, and essay | 80 | |
| 7625445366 | Gothic novel | a novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terror pervades the action. i.e. "Frankenstein" | 81 | |
| 7625445367 | harangue | a forceful sermon, lecture, or tirade | 82 | |
| 7625445368 | hubris | the excessive pride/ambition that leads to the main character's downfall | 83 | |
| 7625445369 | hyperbole | exaggeration/deliberate overstatement | 84 | |
| 7625445370 | humanism | a belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity | 85 | |
| 7625445371 | implicit | to say or write something that suggests and implies but never says it directly or clearly | 86 | |
| 7625445372 | in medias res | Latin for "in the midst of things"; a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point | 87 | |
| 7625445373 | idyll | a lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place | 88 | |
| 7625445374 | image | a word or phrase representing that which can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled or felt | 89 | |
| 7625445375 | inversion | switching customary order of elements in a sentence or phrase. when done badly it can give a stilted, artificial look-at-me-I'm-poetry feel to the verse. type of syntax | 90 | |
| 7625445376 | irony | a mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or light sarcasm | 91 | |
| 7625445377 | invective | a direct verbal assault; a denunciation. i.e. Candide | 92 | |
| 7625445378 | kenning | a device employed in Anglo-Saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions/qualities, as in "ring-giver" for king and "whale-road" for ocean | 93 | |
| 7625445379 | lament | a poem of sadness or grief over the death of a loved one or over some other intense loss | 94 | |
| 7625445380 | lampoon | a satire | 95 | |
| 7625445381 | light verse | a variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse, but sometimes with a satirical thrust | 96 | |
| 7625445382 | loose sentence | a sentence that is complete before its end. follows customary word order of English sentences i.e. subject-verb-object | 97 | |
| 7625445383 | periodic sentence | a sentence not grammatically complete until it has reached its final phrase; sentence that departs from the usual word order of English sentences by expressing its main thought only at the end | 98 | |
| 7625445384 | lyric | personal, reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject; the word is used to describe tone, it refers to a sweet, emotional melodiousness | 99 | |
| 7625445385 | melodrama | a form of overly-dramatic theater in which the hero is very, very good, the villain mean and rotten, and the heroine oh-so-pure. | 100 | |
| 7625445386 | litotes | a form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity | 101 | |
| 7625445387 | maxim | a saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth | 102 | |
| 7625445388 | metaphor | a figure of speech that compares unlike objects | 103 | |
| 7625445389 | metaphysical poetry | the work of poets, particularly those of 17th c., that uses elaborate conceits, is highly intellectual, and expresses the complexities of love and life | 104 | |
| 7625445390 | meter | the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry | 105 | |
| 7625445391 | metonymy | a figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated. e.g. "The White House says..." | 106 | |
| 7625445392 | mode | the general form, pattern, and manner of expression of a work of literature | 107 | |
| 7625445393 | montage | a quick succession of images/impressions used to express an idea | 108 | |
| 7625445394 | mood | the emotional tone in a work of literature | 109 | |
| 7625445395 | nemesis | the protagonist's archenemy or supreme and persistent difficulty | 110 | |
| 7625445396 | objectivity | this treatment of a subject matter is an impersonal/outside view of events | 111 | |
| 7625445397 | subjectivity | this treatment of a subject matter uses the interior/personal view of a single observer and is typically colored with that observer's emotional responses | 112 | |
| 7625445398 | onomatopoeia | words that sound like what they mean | 113 | |
| 7625445399 | moral | a brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature | 114 | |
| 7625445400 | motif | a phrase, idea, event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature. | 115 | |
| 7625445401 | muse | one of the ancient Greek goddesses presiding over the arts. the imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer | 116 | |
| 7625445402 | myth | an imaginary story that has become accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group/society. often used to explain natural phenomena. | 117 | |
| 7625445403 | narrative | a form of verse or prose that tells a story | 118 | |
| 7625445404 | naturalism | a term often used as a synonym for "realism"; also a view of experiences that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic | 119 | |
| 7625445405 | non sequitur | a statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before | 120 | |
| 7625445406 | novel of manners | a novel focusing on and describing the social customs and habits of a particular social group | 121 | |
| 7625445407 | ode | a lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful and exalted feelings toward the subject. | 122 | |
| 7625445408 | omniscient narrator | a narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding, and insight of characters, setting, background, and all other elements of the story | 123 | |
| 7625445409 | oxymoron | a phrase composed of opposites; a contradiction. juxtaposition of contradictory element to create a paradoxical effect | 124 | |
| 7625445410 | opposition | one of the most useful concepts in analyzing literature. it means that you have a pair of elements that contrast sharply. | 125 | |
| 7625445411 | ottava rima | an eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem | 126 | |
| 7625445412 | parable | like a fable or an allegory, it's a story that instructs; a story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived | 127 | |
| 7625445413 | paradox | a statement that seems self-contradictory yet true | 128 | |
| 7625445414 | parallelism | repeated syntactical similarities used for effect | 129 | |
| 7625445415 | parody | an imitation of a work meant to ridicule its style and subject | 130 | |
| 7625445416 | paraphrase | a version of a text put into simpler, everyday, words | 131 | |
| 7625445417 | pastoral | a work of literature dealing with rural life | 132 | |
| 7625445418 | pathetic fallacy | faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects | 133 | |
| 7625445419 | pathos | that element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow | 134 | |
| 7625445420 | pentameter | a verse with five poetic feet per line | 135 | |
| 7625445421 | persona | the role/facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader, viewer, or the world at large; the narrator in a non-first-person novel | 136 | |
| 7625445422 | personification | giving an inanimate object human like qualities or form | 137 | |
| 7625445423 | plot | the interrelationship among the events in a story, including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution | 138 | |
| 7625445424 | picaresque novel | an episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits. e.g. "Don Quixote", "Moll Flanders" | 139 | |
| 7625445425 | plaint | a poem or speech expressing sorrow | 140 | |
| 7625445426 | point of view | the perspective from which the action of a novel in presented. | 141 | |
| 7625445427 | omniscient narrator | 3rd person narrator who sees like God into each character's mind and understands all the action going on. | 142 | |
| 7625445428 | limited omniscient narrator | 3rd person narrator who generally reports only what one character (usually the main) sees, and who only reports the thoughts of that one privileged character. | 143 | |
| 7625445429 | objective narrator | 3rd person narr. who only reports on what would be visible to a camera, doesn't know what the character is thinking unless the character speaks of it. | 144 | |
| 7625445430 | first person narrator | this is a narrator who is a character in the story and tells the tale from his/her POV. when the narrator is crazy, a liar, very young, or for some reason not entirely credible, the narrator is "unreliable" | 145 | |
| 7625445431 | prosody | the grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry | 146 | |
| 7625445432 | protagonist | the main character in a work of literature | 147 | |
| 7625445433 | prelude | an introductory poem to a longer work of verse | 148 | |
| 7625445434 | pun | the usually humorous use of a word in such a way to suggest two or more meanings | 149 | |
| 7625445435 | pseudonym | also called "pen name", a false name or alias used by writers. i.e Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) George Orwell (Eric Blair) | 150 | |
| 7625445436 | quatrian | a four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem | 151 | |
| 7625445437 | refrain | a line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem | 152 | |
| 7625445438 | requiem | a song of prayer for the dead | 153 | |
| 7625445439 | realism | the depiction of people, things, and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect | 154 | |
| 7625445440 | rhetoric | the language of a work and its style; words, often highly emotional, used to convince or sway an audience | 155 | |
| 7625445441 | rhetorical question | a question that suggests an answer. in theory, the effect is that it causes the listener to feel they have come up with the answer themselves | 156 | |
| 7625445442 | rhapsody | an intensely passionate verse or section of verse, usually of love or praise | 157 | |
| 7625445443 | rhyme | the repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals, used mostly in poetry | 158 | |
| 7625445444 | rhyme scheme | the patterns of rhymes within a given poem i.e. abba | 159 | |
| 7625445445 | rhythm | the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry. similar to meter | 160 | |
| 7625445446 | romance | an extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places | 161 | |
| 7625445447 | sarcasm | a sharp, caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt | 162 | |
| 7625445448 | satire | a literary style used to poke fun at, attack or ridicule an idea, vice, or foible, often for the purpose of inducing change. great subjects for this include hypocrisy, vanity and greed, especially if those characteristics have become institutionalized in society | 163 | |
| 7625445449 | simile | figurative comparison using the words "like" or "as" | 164 | |
| 7625445450 | setting | the total environment for the action in a novel/play. it includes time, place, historical milieu, and social, political and even spiritual circumstances | 165 | |
| 7625445451 | sentimental | a term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish | 166 | |
| 7625445452 | sentiment | a synonym for "view" or "feeling"; also refined and tender emotion in literature | 167 | |
| 7625445453 | scansion | the act of determining the meter of a poetic line. | 168 | |
| 7625445454 | sonnet | a popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme. two types: Shakespearean and Petrarchan | 169 | |
| 7625445455 | soliloquy | a speech spoken by a character alone on stage. meant to convey the impression that the audience is listening to the character's THOUGHTS. unlike an aside, it is not meant to imply that the actor acknowledges the audience's presence | 170 | |
| 7625445456 | stanza | a group of lines in verse, roughly analogous in function to the paragraph in prose; a group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter, rhyme, or some other plan | 171 | |
| 7625445457 | stream of consciousness | a style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind, e.g. Ernest Hemingway | 172 | |
| 7625445458 | stock characters | standard or cliched character types: the drunk, the miser, the foolish girl, etc. | 173 | |
| 7625445459 | suggest | to imply, infer indicate. goes along with the concept of implicit | 174 | |
| 7625445460 | style | the manner in which an author uses and arranges words, shapes ideas, forms sentences and creates a structure to convey ideas | 175 | |
| 7625445461 | subplot | a subordinate or minor collection of events in a novel or play, usually connected to the main plot | 176 | |
| 7625445462 | subtext | the implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work of literature | 177 | |
| 7625445463 | summary | a simple retelling of what you've just read. what you DON'T want to do in the Open Essay section :) | 178 | |
| 7625445464 | symbolism | a device in literature where an object represents an idea | 179 | |
| 7625445465 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part | 180 | |
| 7625445466 | theme | the main idea or meaning, often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built | 181 | |
| 7625445467 | thesis | the main position of an argument. the central contention that will be supported | 182 | |
| 7625445468 | tone | the author's attitude toward the subject being written about. it's the characteristic emotion that pervades a work or part of a work | 183 | |
| 7625445469 | tragic flaw | in a tragedy, this is the weakness of a character in an otherwise good individual that ultimately leads to his demise | 184 | |
| 7625445470 | tragedy | a form of literature in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw and a set of forces that cause the hero considerable anguish, or even death | 185 | |
| 7625445471 | travesty | a grotesque parody | 186 | |
| 7625445472 | truism | a way-too-obvious truth | 187 | |
| 7625445473 | utopia | an idealized place. imaginary communities in which people are able to live in happiness, prosperity and peace. Sir Thomas More came up with this idea. | 188 | |
| 7625445474 | verbal irony | a discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words | 189 | |
| 7625445475 | verse | a synonym for poetry. also a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry | 190 | |
| 7625445476 | verisimilitude | similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is | 191 | |
| 7625445477 | versification | the structural form of a line of verse as revealed by the number of feet it contains. i.e. monometer = 1 foot; tetrameter = 4 feet; pentameter = 5 feet, etc. | 192 | |
| 7625445478 | villanelle | a French verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of 19 lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes | 193 | |
| 7625445479 | voice | the real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker. a verb is in the active voice when it expresses an action performed by its subject. a verb is in the passive voice when it expresses an action performed upon its subject or when the subject is the result of the action. Active: The crew raked the leaves. Passive: The leaves were raked by the crew. | 194 | |
| 7625445480 | wit | the quickness of intellect and the power and talent for saying brilliant things that surprise and delight by their unexpectedness; the power to comment subtly and pointedly on the foibles of the passing scene | 195 | |
| 7625445481 | zeugma | the use of a word to modify two or more words, but used for different meanings. "He close the door and his heart on his lost love." | 196 | |
| 7625445482 | anastrophe | inversion of the natural or usual word order | 197 | |
| 7625445483 | anaphora | repetition of the same words or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses. e.g. "I have a dream..." | 198 | |
| 7625445484 | epistrophe | repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses "When we first came we were very many and you were very few. Now you are many and we are getting very few." | 199 | |
| 7625445485 | epanalepsis | repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause. "Blood hat bought blood, and blows have answer'd blows" | 200 | |
| 7625445486 | anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. "The crime was common, common be the pain." | 201 | |
| 7625445487 | antimetabole | repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order. "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." | 202 | |
| 7625445488 | chiasmus | reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses. "Exalts his enemies, his friends destroys." | 203 | |
| 7625445489 | polyptoton | repetition of words derived from the same root. "But in this desert country they may see the land being rendered USELESS by OVERUSE." | 204 | |
| 7625445490 | antanaclasis | repetition of a word in two different senses. "Your argument is sound, nothing but sound." | 205 | |
| 7625445491 | paronomasia | use of words alike in sound but different in meaning. "ask for me tomorrow and you will find me a GRAVE man." | 206 | |
| 7625445492 | syllepsis | the use of a word understood differently in relation to two or more other words, which it modifies/governs. "The ink, like our pig, keeps running out of the pen." | 207 | |
| 7625445493 | anthimeria | the substitution of one part of speech for another "I'll UNHAIR they head." | 208 | |
| 7625445494 | periphrasis | substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name or of a proper name for a quality associated with the name. "They do not escape JIM CROW; they merely encounter another, not less deadly variety." | 209 | |
| 7625445495 | autobiography | an account of a person's own life | 210 | |
| 7625445496 | dialect | a way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region/group of people | 211 | |
| 7625445497 | epiphany | in a literary work, a moment of sudden insight/revelation that a character experiences | 212 | |
| 7625445498 | essay | a short piece of non-fiction prose that examines a single subject from a limited POV | 213 | |
| 7625445499 | suspense | the uncertainty/anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story | 214 |
AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 7245270885 | Antithesis | the juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas | 0 | |
| 7245274727 | Antagonist | any force that is in opposition to the main character | 1 | |
| 7245282048 | Couplet | two rhyming lines of iambic pentameter that together present a single idea or connection | 2 | |
| 7245284862 | Formal Diction | language that is lofty, dignified, and impersonal | 3 | |
| 7245286336 | Conceit | a comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature; in particular, an extended metaphor within a poem | 4 | |
| 7245288937 | Informal Diction | language that is not as lofty or impersonal as formal diction; similar to everyday speech | 5 | |
| 7245291511 | Consonance | the repetition of a sequence of two or more consonants, but with a change in the intervening vowels | 6 | |
| 7245292368 | Allegory | a prose or poetic narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance; often is a universal symbol or personified abstraction | 7 | |
| 7245296100 | Tone | the attitude a literary work takes toward its subject and theme | 8 | |
| 7245297360 | Connotation | what is suggested by a word, apart from what it explictly describes | 9 | |
| 7245305727 | Protagonist | the main character in a work who may or may not be heroic | 10 | |
| 7245307130 | Shakespearean Sonnet | a sonnet form divided into three quatrains and one couplet; also called an English sonnet | 11 | |
| 7245308387 | Speaker | the person, not necessarily the author, who is the voice of the poem | 12 |
Plasmodium maleriae, vivax, ovale, falciperum Flashcards
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| 7119013907 | What stain to use to visualize Plasmodium | Giemsa Stain to see parasite in RBC | 0 | |
| 7119017343 | Fever cycle of each Plasmodium | Malariae: 72 hours (1, then 4) Vivax and Ovale: 48 hours (1, then 3) Flaciparum: no fever pattern | 1 | |
| 7119019809 | Where do vivax and ovale stay dormant | Liver | 2 | |
| 7119024220 | symptoms of falciperum | cerebral malaira (parasitize rbc occlude the brain) also happens with kidney and lungs | 3 | |
| 7119043233 | What drugs to use against P. vivax and P. ovale | primaquine (could cause anemia) or mefloquine | 4 | |
| 7119049081 | what to use a prophylaxis when travel to to area that has Plasmodium | Mefloquine or Atovaquone + proguanil | 5 | |
| 7119053559 | What to use against severe P. falciparum? | atermisins (starting with arter | 6 | |
| 7119055803 | what condition is protective against P. falciparum | Sickle cell disease | 7 | |
| 7119059864 | what to use against server malaria | IV artesunate and quinidine | 8 |
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