AP Literature Flashcards

4893748540	Teological	To have an end purpose.	0
4893748541	Zeitgeist	General cultural, religious, artistic, and philosophical climate of an era.	1
4893748542	Dialectical Clash	History is a series of clashes in ideas.	2
4893748543	Five Branches of Philosophy	1) Metaphysics 2) Epistemology 3) Ethics 4) Politics 5) Aesthetics	3
4893748544	Human Condition	The state of being human.	4
4893748545	Connotation	The feelings and emotions associated with a word.	5
4893748546	Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word.	6
4893748547	Myth	A traditional story typically concerning supernatural events and gods.	7
4893748548	Dualism	The philosophical believe that humans are made up of two essences: 1) physical being 2) spiritual being	8
4893748549	Metaphor	A figure of speech in which a word is applied to an object of action to which it is not literally applicable.	9
4893748550	Simile	Figure of speech comparing one thing to another thing of a differing kind.	10
4893748551	Metonym	When one thing replaces another thing through association.	11
4893748552	Hyperbole	An over exaggeration.	12
4893748553	Personification	Using human qualities to describe a nonliving thing.	13
4893748554	Synesthesia	Mingling of sensations.	14
4893748555	Metaphysical Conceit	An original and usually complex comparison between two highly dissimilar things.	15
4893748556	Symbolism	The use of symbols so represent ideas or qualities.	16
4893748557	Archetupe	A symbol that transcends time and culture.	17
4893748558	Aside	A remark made to the audience revealing a characters inner thoughts, it is clearly understood but the other characters on stage cannot hear.	18
4893748559	Soliloquy	A long speech given by a single character, usually alone on stage.	19
4893748560	Theme	The central idea or dominating thought, which results from the other elements contained in fiction.	20
4893748561	Major Themes	Human nature, the nature of society, faith and freedom, ethics	21
4893748562	Sign	An object, picture, word, that signifies something other than itself; no deeper significance band to represent.	22
4893748563	Symbol	An object, place, character or event that represents something more or something other than itself.	23
4893748564	Definition of Poetry	Condensed language	24
4893748565	Two ways to Classify Poems	1) Content/purpose 2) Structure	25
4893748566	Narrative Poem	Tell a story in verse.	26
4893748567	Ballad	Song like poem that tells a story.	27
4893748568	Epic	The hero of a poem embodies the values and aspirations of the poet's culture.	28
4893748569	Dramatic Poem	Makes use of the conventions of drama	29
4893748570	Dramatic Monolgue	A poem or speech in which an imaginary character speaks to a listener.	30
4893748571	Dramatic Dialogue	A poem in which two speakers converse with one another.	31
4893748572	Anagnorsis	Tragic recognition or insight	32
4893748573	Hamartia	Tragic error	33
4893748574	Hubris	Violent transgression	34
4893748575	Nemesis	Retribution	35
4893748576	Peripateia	Plot reversal	36
4893748577	Direct Characterization	The author directly tells the reader about the character.	37
4893748578	Indirect Characterization	The author shows rather than tells about the character.	38
4893748579	Character Types	Round Flat Static Dynamic	39
4893748580	Round	A complex character.	40
4893748581	Flat	A stereotypical character.	41
4893748582	Static	Character who does not change during the course of a story.	42
4893748583	Dynamic	A character who changes because of the events in a story.	43
4893748584	Lyric Poem	A melodic poem that expresses the observations and the feelings of a single speaker.	44
4893748585	The Elegy	Reflective poem that limits the loss of someone or something.	45
4893748586	The Ode	A long, formal lyric poem, usually meditative, that treats and noble or otherwise elevated subject in a dignified manner.	46
4893748587	The Sonnet	"Little Song" A lyric poem that consists of 14 lines and that follows one of several traditional rhyme schemes.	47
4893748588	Stanza	Grouping of lines in a poem of that "normally" have a central idea.	48
4893748589	Poetic Shift	When a poem moves from one town to another or from an idea to a counter idea.	49
4893748590	Concrete Poetry	With the poet uses the physical shape of the poem to emphasize the meaning of the poem.	50
4893748591	Enjambment	When the physical end of a line of poetry does not match the grammatical end of the line of poetry.	51
4893748592	End-Stopped Line	When the physical end of a line of poetry matches the grammatical end.	52
4893748593	Couplet	Two lines that rhyme	53
4893748594	Tercet	Three lines that rhyme	54
4893748595	Sestet	Six lines that rhyme	55
4893748596	Octave	Eight lines that have a rhyme scheme	56
4893748597	Quatrain	Four lines that rhyme	57
4893748598	Act	A major division of poem, usually encompassing a predetermined segment of the story.	58
4893748599	Scene	To change setting or time, change the characters, change of idea or change of topic.	59
4893748600	Characterization	The creation and development of a character.	60
4893748601	Scansion	Looking at a line of poetry for its rhythm.	61
4893748602	Unstressed Syllable	When your voice goes down	62
4893748603	Stressed Syllable	When your voice goes up	63
4893748604	Foot	A series of unstressed and stressed syllables.	64
4893748605	Meter	The number of feet in a line of poetry.	65
4893748606	Iambic Parameter	Five iambs in a line of poetry.	66
4893748607	Iamb	A pattern that consists of unstressed and stressed syllables.	67
4893748608	Rhyme	The repetition of identical vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of two or more words as well as all subsequent sounds.	68
4893748609	Rhyme Scheme	The pattern of rhymes in a poem.	69
4911009561	Cerements	Clothes that you are buried in.	70
4911009562	Sepulcher	Stone tomb above ground.	71
4929513121	Transfix	To pierce or to stab.	72
5005408257	Apostrophe	When a character or a narrator breaks from the flow of a story, usually overcome with emotion and addresses an inanimate object or an absent presence.	73
5005408258	Setting	The background against which the story takes place.	74
5005408259	Sensuous World	The description of the physical place through any of the five senses.	75
5005408260	Time Period	When historically the events take place.	76
5005408261	Time of the Narrative	When historically the story is being told from.	77
5005408262	The Social Environment	The manners, customs, culture and moral values that govern the historic time.	78
5005408263	Atmosphere	Normally created by the sensuous world of the piece of fiction.	79
5005408264	Emotional Environment	The emotional reaction the reader and the characters have to the setting.	80
5005408265	Plot	The pattern that results from the events in the story and the order in which they are presented.	81
5005408266	Expostuon	Introduction to characters and setting the status quo	82
5005467598	Conflict	Can be internal or external as the characters participate in a series of actions.	83
5005467599	Rising Action	The increase in tension in a story.	84
5005467600	Climax	Epiphany, the highest point of tension in a story. A decision is made.	85
5005467601	Falling Action	The release of tension in a story.	86
5005467602	Dénouement	How the story turns out.	87
5005467603	Point of View	The vantage point from which the author chooses to tell the story	88
5005467604	First Person Subjective	Told from the POV of a single character. Pronouns: I, me, we, us	89
5005467605	Second Person Perspective	Rare form of literature which places the reader into the narrative. Pronoun: You	90
5005467606	Third Person Omniscient	Story narrated by a God like being who can shift from character to character.	91
5005467607	Third Person Limited	Story is portrayed through the eyes of a single character.	92
5005467608	Irony	A literary device in which there is an incongruity or discordance between what is spoken, thought, or believed and reality.	93
5005467609	Types of Irony	1) Verbal Irony 2) Situational Irony 3) Dramatic Irony 4) Cosmic Irony 5) Structural Irony	94
5005467610	Verbal Irony		95
5012030869	Human Agency	The free will of a human to make decisions in life.	96
5034639681	Sublime	The highest form of beauty.	97
5054684242	Allusion	An indirect reference to a person, event, statement, or them found in literature.	98
5054684243	Motif	A unifying element in an artistic work, especially any recurrent image, symbol, theme, character type, subject or narrative detail.	99
5054684244	Foreshadowing	The technique of introducing into a narrative material that prepares the reader or audience for future events, actions, or revelations.	100
5054684245	Imagery	A term used to refer to the actual language used to convey a picture or the figures of speech to express abstract ideas in a vivid and innovative way.	101
5166510272	Deus Ex Machina	"God of the machine" Sloppy writing (using events that don't really make sense) to effect the plot.	102
5348906558	Epistolary	A novel written in a series of letters.	103
5348906559	Frame Story	When a narrative is enclosed by a second narrative.	104