AP Literature Sonnet Vocabulary Flashcards

5077172459	Italian/ Petrarchan Sonnet	A sonnet consisting of an octave rhyming "abbaabba" and of a sestet using any arrangement of two or three additional rhymes, such as "cdcdcd" or "cdecde"	0
5077172460	Shakespearean Sonnet	Sonnet that consists of 3 quatrains and a concluding couplet, rhyming abab cdcd efef gg	1
5077174560	Octave	8 lines	2
5077174561	Sestet	6 lines	3
5077176855	Quatrain	4 line stanza marked off by a rhyme scheme	4
5077180219	Couplet	2 rhyming lines	5
5077181851	Volta	the turn in the argument or poem; shift	6
5077189805	Iambic Pentameter	line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (unstressed) syllable followed by one long syllable	7
5085571345	Setting	Time and place in which the story takes place	8
5085573615	internal characterization	Audience must infer for themselves what the character is like through the character's thoughts, actions, speech (Parts of the character that you don't see aka their feelings, fears, etc)	9
5085573616	external characterization	Author literally tells the audience what a character is like (the part of the character that you see)	10
5085575659	conflict	Literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist	11
5085575660	symbol	Figure of speech in which something (object, person, situation, or action) means more than what it is	12
5085575661	exposition	Literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, to the audience or readers	13
5085577950	rising action	Series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative	14
5085577951	internal conflict	Psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character, the resolution of which creates the plot's suspense	15
5085577952	external conflict	Struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character, which drives the dramatic action of the plot	16
5085580209	climax	The highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something	17
5085590463	resolution	Part of the story's plot line in which the problem of the story is resolved or worked out.	18