The Total Package - AP Literary Analysis Terms 2017 Flashcards

5801893153	ambiguity	A literary technique in which a word, statement, or literary work is deliberately endowed with multiple meanings	0
5801893155	aphorism	A statement of truth, moral, or philosophical principles expressed in a concise, witty, ans somewhat terse manner	1
5801893156	epic poem	Long narrative poem that includes heroic deeds	2
5801893157	flashback	Narrative interruptions in which past events are inserted in the story line in order to provide background information or context that helps readers to interpret current events in a different light	3
5801893165	syntax	The way in which words and phrases are placed together in sentences to convey a certain meaning	4
5801893168	pastiche	Artistic work in a style that imitates a wide mixture of themes, characters, and concepts from different literary texts	5
5801893169	motif	Recurring symbol, image, theme, or other narrative detail that becomes a unifying element in the literary work	6
5801893172	analogy	A technique in which two things that are very different are compared to one another in order to reveal surprising truths about one or both of the elements	7
5801893173	bildungsroman	A coming of age story	8
5801893174	foreshadowing	A literary technique in which a writer gives hints as warnings or indications of future events that will occur in the narrative	9
5801893175	monologue	Dramatic speech delivered by a single character in a play	10
5801893178	symbolism	The use of an object, person, situation, or word to represent or suggest an idea or belief	11
5801893179	frame narrative	Literary technique in which an introductory story is presented for the purpose of setting the stage for a second narrative: a story within a story	12
5801893181	euphemism	The use of a word that is less harsh in place of one that may be perceived to be blunt or offensive	13
5801893183	juxtaposition	Placing two or more things side by side for the purpose of comparing or contrasting them	14
5801893184	eponym	The use of a real or fictional person's name as a descriptive term	15
5801893187	neoclassical	A revival of a classical (Greek/Roman) style or treatment in art literature, architecture, or music	16
5801893193	chiasmus	a reversal in the word order of words in two otherwise parallel sentences	17
5801893194	metaphor	figurative language that describes something as though it actually were something else	18
5801893195	metonymy	the substitution of one term for another that is generally associated with it. (ex. the crown declared that the man would be executed.)	19
5801893196	onomatopoeia	the use of words that imitate the sounds they represent	20
5801893197	paradox	a statement or expression so surprisingly self-contradictory but ends up being true on some level	21
5801893198	parallelism	the use of similar grammatical structures or word order.	22
5801893199	point of view	the perspective that a narrator takes toward the events it describes	23
5801893200	pun	a witty word-play which reveals that words with different meanings have similar or even identical sounds	24
5801893201	polysyndeton	A literary technique in which conjunctions are used repeatedly in quick succession for an artistic or stylistic effect - often slows the speed of reading and emphasizes each item in the list	25
5801893202	asyndeton	Purposely leaving out conjunctions while maintaining the grammatical construction of a phrase. Used to build rhythm, speed, and momentum in writing	26
5801893203	archetype	a symbol found in many cultures	27
5801893204	dramatic irony	a situation where the audience knows something that the characters on stage are not aware of	28
5801893205	allusion	a reference to a piece of literature, character, historical figure that the author assumes the reader will recognize	29
5801893206	diction	the word choices made by a writer	30
5801893207	didactic	having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing	31
5801893210	exposition	the beginning portion of Freytag's pyramid where the background information, characters and setting are introduced	32
5801893211	inciting incident	the spark or complication that "gets the action going" in the play the event that sets the plot into motion	33
5801893212	denouement (catastrophe)	The final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work or the outcome of a complicated sequence of events	34
5801893213	omniscient narrator	a narrator who is able to know, see, and tell all, including the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters	35
5801893214	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	36
5801893215	tone	A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization.	37
5801893216	deus ex machina	an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel	38
5801893217	allegory	a piece of writing in which abstract ideas are represented by characters and events. Usually political or moral in nature	39
5801893218	alliteration	beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words	40
5801893219	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	41
5801893220	antagonist	a hostile person who is opposed to another character	42
5801893221	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	43
5801893222	aside	when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage	44
5801893223	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	45
5801893224	blank verse	poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme	46
5801893225	cacophony	blend of unharmonious sounds	47
5801893226	caesura	pause in the middle of a line	48
5801893227	catharsis	the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse)	49
5801893228	flat character	story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic	50
5801893229	round character	character who has complex personality: contradicted person	51
5801893230	dynamic character	changes throughout the story, through major conflict	52
5801893231	static character	person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality	53
5801893232	characterization	process of revealing characters personality	54
5801893233	climax	point where conflict hits its highest point; the turning point toward resolution of conflict	55
5801893234	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	56
5801893235	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	57
5801893236	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	58
5801893237	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	59
5801893238	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	60
5801893239	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	61
5801893240	denouement	final outcome of the story	62
5801893242	direct characterization	author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story	63
5801893243	end rhyme	rhymes occurring at the end of line	64
5801893244	end stopped line	line ending in regular punctuation	65
5801893245	English sonnet	a sonnet rhyming abab cdcd eded gg (4+4+4+2=14)	66
5801893246	epiphany	when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life	67
5801893247	euphony	smooth choice and arrangement of sounds	68
5801893248	extended metaphor	A comparison sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem.	69
5801893249	falling action	Events after the climax, leading to the resolution	70
5801893250	feminine rhyme	lines rhymed by their final two syllables	71
5801893251	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	72
5801893252	figure of speech	a way of saying something other than the ordinary way	73
5801893253	foot	basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables	74
5801893254	form	external pattern or shape of a poem	75
5801893255	free verse	Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme	76
5801893256	hamartia	tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall	77
5801893257	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	78
5801893258	indirect presentation of character	the personality of a character is revealed by what he or she does or says rather than by what is directly stated	79
5801893259	internal rhyme	A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line	80
5801893260	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	81
5801893261	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	82
5801893262	situational irony	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	83
5801893263	italian sonnet	A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd (8+6=14)	84
5801893264	masculine rhyme	A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable	85
5801893265	melodrama	a play based upon a dramatic plot and developed sensationally	86
5801893266	meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	87
5801893267	motivation	A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior	88
5801893268	narrator	Person telling the story	89
5801893269	octave	8 line stanza	90
5801893270	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	91
5801893271	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	92
5801893272	paraphrase	A restatement of a text or passage in your own words.	93
5801893273	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	94
5801893274	plot	Sequence of events in a story	95
5801893275	omniscient point of view	The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person.	96
5801893276	third person limited point of view	narrator tells the story from only one character's pov	97
5801893277	first person point of view	a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself	98
5801893278	objective point of view	a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.	99
5801893279	protagonist	Main character	100
5801893280	quatrain	A four line stanza	101
5801893281	rhythm	A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions.	102
5801893282	rhyme scheme	A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem	103
5801893283	rising action	Events leading up to the climax	104
5801893284	sarcasm	the use of irony to mock or convey contempt	105
5801893285	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	106
5801893286	scansion	Analysis of verse into metrical patterns	107
5801893287	sestet	6 line stanza	108
5801893288	setting	The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.	109
5801893289	simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	110
5801893290	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	111
5801893291	sonnet	14 line poem	112
5801893292	stanza	A group of lines in a poem	113
5801893293	stream of consciousness	private thoughts of a character without commentary	114
5801893294	syllabic verse	Verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of feet per line.	115
5801893295	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	116
5801893296	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	117
5801893297	synesthesia	describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")	118
5801893298	tercet	3 line stanza	119
5801893299	terza rima	a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.	120
5801893300	tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	121
5801893301	truncation	The shortening of a line of poetry that interferes with an otherwise metrical rhythm.	122
5801893302	understatement	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	123
5801893303	verse	A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme	124
5801893304	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.	125
5801893305	foil	a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight qualities of the other character by opposition	126
5801893306	in media res	the narrative technique of beginning a story in the middle of the action without preamble or background information	127
5801971271	Juvenalian satire	Bitter, angry and ironic criticism of people or society.	128
5801971261	Horatian satire	Satire in which the voice is tolerant, amused, and witty.	129
5801972727	innuendo	an indirect suggestion; a hint	130
5801973565	litotes	ironic understatement using the negative to express its opposite. Example: "she's not ugly" to mean "she's pretty"	131