AP Literature Vocab 18 Flashcards

4758444033	Setting	the place(s) and time(s) of the story, including the historical period, social milieu of the characters, geographical location, descriptions of indoor and outdoor locales, etc.	0
4758444034	Short Story	also called tale. Has many of the same characteristics as the novel but details are arranged to achieve a single effect, with action moving rapidly and with minimal complication or detail of setting. The significant characteristics of the protagonist's life are revealed economically through a central incident.	1
4758444035	Simile	a figure of speech which takes the form of a comparison between two unlike quantities for which a basis for comparison can be found, and which uses the words "like" or "as" in the comparison, as in the following: "clear as frost on the grass-bade	2
4758444036	Slang	expressions that are usually fleeting and may or may not be particular to a certain region or group	3
4758444037	Soliloquy	a long speech made by a character who is alone on the stage in which he reveals his innermost thoughts & feelings	4
4758444038	Sonnet	The English, or Shakespearean sonnet is divided into three quatrains (four-line groupings) and a final couplet (14 lines). The rhyme scheme is. The meter is iambic pentameter, with a set rhyme scheme-- abab cdcd efef gg. The change of rhyme in the English sonnet is coincidental with a change of theme in the poem. The structure of the English sonnet explores variations on a theme in the first three quatrains and concludes with an epigrammatic couplet.	5
4758444039	Stanza	a related group of lines in a poem, equivalent to a paragraph in prose	6
4758444040	Tercet	a three-line stanza in poetry	7
4758444041	Octave	An eight-line stanza in poetry	8
4758444042	Stereotype	a characterization based on conscious or unconscious assumptions that one aspect (such as gender, age, ethnicity, religion, race) determines what humans are like and so is accompanied by certain traits, actions, and even value.	9