AP Literature Terms pg 5 Flashcards

3824459172	jargon	the specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group or profession	0
3824464646	juxtaposition	placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast	1
3824467535	legend	a narrative handed down from the past, containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements	2
3824471885	limerick	light verse consisting of five lines of regular rhythm in which the first, second, and fifth lines (each consisting of three feet) rhyme, and the third and fourth lines (each consisting of two feet) rhyme (AABBA)	3
3824485470	limited narrator	a narrator who presents the story as it is seen and understood by a single character and restricts information to what is seen, heard, thought, or felt by that one character	4
3824492441	literary license	deviating from normal rules or methods in order to achieve a certain effect (intentional sentence fragments, for example)	5
3824497932	litotes	a type of understatement in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite (describing a particularly horrific scene by saying "it was not a pretty picture")	6
3824508873	malapropism	the mistaken substitution of one word for another that sounds similar ("the doctor wrote a subscription")	7
3824514382	maxim	a concise statement, often offering advice; an adage	8
3824518002	metaphor	a direct comparison of two different things	9
3824520387	metonymy	substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it ("the pen is mightier than the sword")	10
3824526935	mood	the emotional atmosphere of a work	11
3824528705	motif	a standard theme, element, or dramatic situation that recurs in various works	12
3824532866	motivation	a character's incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner; that which impels a character to act	13
3824537948	myth	a traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events	14
3824543270	narrative	a story or narrated account	15
3824545272	narrator	the one who tells the story; may be first person or third person, limited or omniscient	16