AP Literature Flashcards
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| 6659100175 | allegory | story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning |  | 0 |
| 6659100176 | alliteration | beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words |  | 1 |
| 6659100177 | allusion | indirect of passing reference |  | 2 |
| 6659100178 | anaphora | repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning |  | 3 |
| 6659100179 | antagonist | a hostile person who is opposed to another character |  | 4 |
| 6659100180 | apostrophe | figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character |  | 5 |
| 6659100181 | approximate rhyme | words in rhyming pattern that sound alike |  | 6 |
| 6659100182 | aside | when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage |  | 7 |
| 6659100183 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |  | 8 |
| 6659100184 | blank verse | poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme |  | 9 |
| 6659100185 | cacophony | blend of unharmonious sounds |  | 10 |
| 6659100186 | caesura | pause in the middle of a line |  | 11 |
| 6659100187 | catharsis | the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse) |  | 12 |
| 6659100188 | flat character | story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic |  | 13 |
| 6659100189 | round character | character who has complex personality: contradicted person |  | 14 |
| 6659100190 | dynamic character | changes throughout the story, through major conflict |  | 15 |
| 6659100191 | static character | person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality |  | 16 |
| 6659100192 | characterization | process of revealing characters personality |  | 17 |
| 6659100193 | climax | point where conflict hits its highest point |  | 18 |
| 6659100194 | comedy | drama that is amusing or funny |  | 19 |
| 6659100195 | conflict | struggle between opposing forces |  | 20 |
| 6659100196 | connotation | secondary meaning to a word |  | 21 |
| 6659100197 | consonance | repetition of same consonant in words close together |  | 22 |
| 6659100198 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse |  | 23 |
| 6659100199 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word |  | 24 |
| 6659100200 | denouement | final outcome of the story |  | 25 |
| 6659100201 | deus ex machina | resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence |  | 26 |
| 6659100202 | didactic writing | writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach |  | 27 |
| 6659100203 | direct presentation of character | author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story |  | 28 |
| 6659100204 | double rhyme | rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn) | 29 | |
| 6659100205 | dramatic exposition | prose commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world |  | 30 |
| 6659100206 | end rhyme | rhymes occurring at the end of line |  | 31 |
| 6659100207 | end stopped line | line ending in regular punctuation |  | 32 |
| 6659100208 | English sonnet | a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg |  | 33 |
| 6659100209 | epiphany | when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life |  | 34 |
| 6659100210 | euphony | smooth choice and arrangement of sounds |  | 35 |
| 6659100211 | extended figure | A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem. |  | 36 |
| 6659100212 | falling action | Events after the climax, leading to the resolution |  | 37 |
| 6659100213 | feminine rhyme | lines rhymed by their final two syllables |  | 38 |
| 6659100214 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. |  | 39 |
| 6659100215 | figure of speech | a way of saying something other than the ordinary way |  | 40 |
| 6659100216 | foot | basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables |  | 41 |
| 6659100217 | form | external pattern or shape of a poem |  | 42 |
| 6659100218 | free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |  | 43 |
| 6659100219 | hamartia | tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall |  | 44 |
| 6659100220 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) |  | 45 |
| 6659100221 | indirect presentation of character | the personality of a character is revealed by what he or she does or says |  | 46 |
| 6659100222 | internal rhyme | A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line |  | 47 |
| 6659100223 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality |  | 48 |
| 6659100224 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |  | 49 |
| 6659100225 | 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 |
| 6659100226 | irony of situation | refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended |  | 51 |
| 6659100227 | 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 |
| 6659100228 | masculine rhyme | A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable |  | 53 |
| 6659100229 | melodrama | a play based upon a dramatic plot and developed sensationally |  | 54 |
| 6659100230 | metaphor | A comparison without using like or as |  | 55 |
| 6659100231 | meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |  | 56 |
| 6659100232 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it |  | 57 |
| 6659100233 | motivation | A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior |  | 58 |
| 6659100234 | narrator | Person telling the story |  | 59 |
| 6659100235 | octave | 8 line stanza |  | 60 |
| 6659100236 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. |  | 61 |
| 6659100237 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor |  | 62 |
| 6659100238 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. |  | 63 |
| 6659100239 | paradox | A contradiction or dilemma |  | 64 |
| 6659100240 | paraphrase | A restatement of a text or passage in your own words. |  | 65 |
| 6659100241 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |  | 66 |
| 6659100242 | plot | Sequence of events in a story | | 67 |
| 6659100243 | point of view | The perspective from which a story is told |  | 68 |
| 6659100244 | 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 |
| 6659100245 | third person limited point of view | narrator tells the story from only one character's pov |  | 70 |
| 6659100246 | first person point of view | a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself |  | 71 |
| 6659100247 | objective point of view | a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events. |  | 72 |
| 6659100248 | protagonist | Main character |  | 73 |
| 6659100249 | quatrain | A four line stanza |  | 74 |
| 6659100250 | rhythm | A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions. |  | 75 |
| 6659100251 | rhyme scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem |  | 76 |
| 6659100252 | rising action | Events leading up to the climax |  | 77 |
| 6659100253 | sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt |  | 78 |
| 6659100254 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. |  | 79 |
| 6659100255 | scansion | Analysis of verse into metrical patterns |  | 80 |
| 6659100256 | sestet | 6 line stanza |  | 81 |
| 6659100257 | setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. |  | 82 |
| 6659100258 | simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" |  | 83 |
| 6659100259 | soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage |  | 84 |
| 6659100260 | sonnet | 14 line poem |  | 85 |
| 6659100261 | stanza | A group of lines in a poem | | 86 |
| 6659100262 | stream of consciousness | private thoughts of a character without commentary |  | 87 |
| 6659100263 | syllabic verse | Verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of feet per line. |  | 88 |
| 6659100264 | symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else |  | 89 |
| 6659100265 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |  | 90 |
| 6659100266 | synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") |  | 91 |
| 6659100267 | tercet | 3 line stanza | | 92 |
| 6659100268 | terza rima | a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc. |  | 93 |
| 6659100269 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature |  | 94 |
| 6659100270 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character |  | 95 |
| 6659100271 | tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character |  | 96 |
| 6659100272 | truncation | Utilizing a melody with part of the end omitted. |  | 97 |
| 6659100273 | understandment | the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis |  | 98 |
| 6659100274 | verse | A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme | | 99 |
| 6659100275 | villanelle | 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 |
