Ap literature Flashcards

2927402493	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
2927410314	alliteration	beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words	1
2927418542	allusion	indirect of passing reference	2
2927426992	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
2927472010	antagonist	a hostile person who is opposed to another character	4
2927494598	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	5
2927509822	approximate rhyme	words in rhyming pattern that sound alike	6
2927519565	aside	when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage	7
2927530190	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	8
2927537092	blank verse	poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme	9
2927543645	cacophony	blend of unharmonious sounds	10
2927555132	caesura	pause in the middle of a line	11
2934473040	catharsis	the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse)	12
2934497413	flat character	story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic	13
2934509111	round character	character who has complex personality: contradicted person	14
2934535826	dynamic character	changes throughout the story, through major conflict	15
2934542567	static character	person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality	16
2934554260	characterization	process of revealing characters personality	17
2934562576	climax	point where conflict hits its highest point	18
2934570254	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	19
2934577709	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	20
2934582017	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	21
2934587127	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	22
2934596363	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	23
2934602797	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	24
2934607457	denouement	final outcome of the story	25
2934622601	deus ex machina	resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence	26
2934630215	didactic writing	writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach	27
2934637927	direct presentation of character	author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story	28
2934646121	double rhyme	rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn)	29
2934661533	dramatic exposition	prose commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world	30
2934668058	end rhyme	rhymes occurring at the end of line	31
2941705575	end stopped line	line ending in regular punctuation	32
2941709688	English sonnet	a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg	33
2941715237	epiphany	when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life	34
2941721590	euphony	smooth choice and arrangement of sounds	35
2941728929	extended figure	A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem.	36
2941732981	falling action	Events after the climax, leading to the resolution	37
2941734570	feminine rhyme	lines rhymed by their final two syllables	38
2941738461	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	39
2941740080	figure of speech	a way of saying something other than the ordinary way	40
2941746693	foot	basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables	41
2941752822	form	external pattern or shape of a poem	42
2941759923	free verse	Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme	43
2941763241	hamartia	tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall	44
2941764726	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	45
2941766903	indirect presentation of character	the personality of a character is revealed by what he or she does or says	46
2941770614	internal rhyme	A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line	47
2941772746	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	48
2941774462	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	49
2941775952	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
2941776980	irony of situation	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	51
2941778815	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
2941780042	masculine rhyme	A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable	53
2941781319	melodrama	a play based upon a dramatic plot and developed sensationally	54
2950059215	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	55
2950065396	meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	56
2950119700	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	57
2950125925	motivation	A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior	58
2950127727	narrator	Person telling the story	59
2950130854	octave	8 line stanza	60
2950133547	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	61
2950136477	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	62
2950138713	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	63
2950140951	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	64
2950143457	paraphrase	A restatement of a text or passage in your own words.	65
2950149293	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	66
2950151568	plot	Sequence of events in a story	67
2950154400	point of view	The perspective from which a story is told	68
2950157891	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
2950161703	third person limited point of view	narrator tells the story from only one character's pov	70
2950163455	first person point of view	a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself	71
2950165795	objective point of view	a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.	72
2950260471	protagonist	Main character	73
2950262748	quatrain	A four line stanza	74
2950264615	rhythm	A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions.	75
2950268704	rhyme scheme	A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem	76
2950270598	rising action	Events leading up to the climax	77
2950272980	sarcasm	the use of irony to mock or convey contempt	78
2950277066	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	79
2950284344	scansion	Analysis of verse into metrical patterns	80
2950410920	sestet	6 line stanza	81
2950412274	setting	The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.	82
2950414825	simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	83
2950416486	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	84
2950417754	sonnet	14 line poem	85
2950419665	stanza	A group of lines in a poem	86
2950422688	stream of consciousness	private thoughts of a character without commentary	87
2950434523	syllabic verse	Verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of feet per line.	88
2950438856	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	89
2950441377	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	90
2950446011	synesthesia	describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")	91
2950449576	tercet	3 line stanza	92
2950453770	terza rima	a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.	93
2950459207	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	94
2950460933	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	95
2950462323	tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	96
2950465535	truncation	Utilizing a melody with part of the end omitted.	97
2950467957	understandment	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	98
2950469643	verse	A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme	99
2950475219	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