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AP Literature Literary Terms Flashcards

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4938822062Four genres of literature1. Short Story 2. Novel 3. Poetry 4. Drama0
4938831633Prosethe literary medium which is like everyday speech1
4938833787Fictionliterature which is an imaginary creation not based in actual fact or experience2
4938836418Short Storya brief, invented prose narrative. it deals with only a few characters. It involves a single action. It has a unity of effect that stresses mood over plot.3
4938841900Novelan invented prose narrative of considerable length and complexity which deals with human experience and a group of characters in a given setting or settings.4
4938855005Satireany literature composition which points out some human foible or vice and ridicules or pokes fun at it often in order to improve it5
4938875266Parodythe imitation and intentional exaggeration of someone's writing style6
4938877189Stylethe mode and form of expression as opposed to the content or the message7
4938878832Suspensethe creation of feelings of anxiety or apprehension in literature8
4938881152Ironythe creation of effect when events or states of affairs in literature are the opposite of what was expected9
4938890017Paradoxwhen something seems false, untrue, or opposed to common sense, but which is in fact true10
4938894981Pathosthe process of evoking pity or compassion11
4938897858Flashbackthe interrupting of ongoing events to present events which transpired earlier12
4938901701Foreshadowingthe presenting of an indication of what is to come later in the work of fiction13
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