AP Literature: Prose Focus Flashcards

192900141	antihero	a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)	0
192900142	archetype	A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response	1
192900143	flashback	a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story	2
192900144	flat character	a character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story	3
192900145	round character	this character is fully developed - the writer reveals good and bad traits as well as background	4
192900146	static character	a character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end	5
192900147	dynamic character	one whose character changes in the course of the play or story	6
192900148	genre	a kind of literary or artistic work	7
192900149	interior monologue	writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head	8
192900150	point of view	the perspective from which a story is told	9
192900151	parody	a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way	10
192900152	satire	form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly	11
192900153	stream of consciousness	a literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.	12
197327063	analogy	drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect. For example, comparing a workings of a computer to the workings of the human brain.	13
197327064	conflict	The main clash, discord, or problem faced by the protagonist. Can be internal or external.	14
197327065	pacing	the relative speed or slowness with which a story is told or an idea is presented	15
197327066	Realism	A style of literature that focused on the daily lives and adventures of a common person. This style was a response to Romanticism's supernaturalism and over-emphasis on emotion	16
197327067	Romanticism	An artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe in the late 18th Century and characterized by a heightened interest in nature, emphasis on the individual's expression of emotion and imagination, departure from the attitudes and forms of classicism, and rebellion against established social rules and conventions.	17
197327068	Naturalism	Describes a type of literature from the late 19th century that attempts to apply scientific principles of objectivity and detachment to its study of human beings. Unlike realism which focuses on literary technique this literature implies a philosophical position	18
197327069	Modernism	A literary and artistic movement of the early 20th century rejecting traditionalism (subjects and styles) as outdated	19
197327070	Post-Modernism	a period of literature after WW II that saw a rise in feminism, literary criticism, and contemporary topics. Also sometimes called "The Age of Anxiety"	20
197327071	first person pov	story is told by one of the characters who uses pronouns such as I or we and participates in much of the action	21
197327072	omniscient pov	A story told by an all-knowing author in 3rd person. The reader gets the thoughts and feelings of more than one character	22
197327073	3rd person limited pov	an outside narrator who knows the thoughts/feelings of one major character	23
197327074	dramatic (objective) pov	The narrator reports on what happens and what's said, but cannot read minds or guess motives.	24
202016779	protagonist	the principal character in a work of fiction	25
202016780	setting	time and place that a literary work is set	26
202016781	antagonist	the character who works against the protagonist in the story	27
202016782	frame narrative	a story within a story	28
202016783	characterization	The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Can be achieved through appearance, actions, dialogue, thoughts of other characters, etc.	29