AP Literature Summer Terms Flashcards

4615431145	Accent/Beat	the importance of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, pitch, length or combination of all; rhythmically stress on the syllable of a verse (poem arranges accents to occur at regular intervals)	0
4615431146	Allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can interpret a hidden meaning (moral or political) by the use of characters, settings, and/or events (ex. animal farm=communism)	1
4615431420	Alliteration	repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of adjacent connected words; ex. peter piper picked a peck of pickled pepper	2
4615431421	Allusion	an indirect reference to someone or something known from history, cultural, literature, religion, politics, sports, or science; ex. the allusions I did over the summer	3
4615431422	Ambiguity	word, phrase, statement, event or situation which contains more than one meaning and is done on purpose by the author, if not then it is vagueness (detracts from work)	4
4615431850	Analogy	a comparison between two ideas or thing to show why they are alike; metaphors and similes are tools for analogy	5
4615431851	Anaphora	repetition of word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of the sentence in a row to help make the author's point more coherent; mostly seen in poetry, essays, formal speeches	6
4615432343	Anastrophe	when a normal order of words is reversed in order to propose rhythm or emphasis	7
4615432905	Anecdote	a brief story told to illustrate a point and make readers and listeners laugh ; to serve an example of something	8
4615432906	Antagonist	it is the competitor, opponent, or rival that goes against the protagonist (hero) in a story	9
4615434367	Anticlimax	disappointing ending after an exciting series of events	10
4615434368	Antihero	"the 2nd protagonist" but with a lack of courage, grace, or intelligence	11
4615435083	Antithesis	two opposite ideas that are put together in a sentence to have a contrasting effect	12
4615435411	Aphorism	a statement or opinion expressed to apply something philosophical, moral, or a wise observation about life; a.k.a maxim, epigram	13
4615435854	Apostrophe	addressing an imaginary, dead, absent person, place, personified abstract idea; ex. addressing a person (dead or alive). place, or a thing (sun or the sea)	14
4615435855	Apposition	a grammar construction in which a noun [or noun phrase(s)] is placed with another as an explanation	15
4615436398	Archetype	a person, object, or concept that is ideally modeled to represent a universal symbol or human nature; ex. Hercules= strength and courage	16
4615436399	Aside	used in drama and theater, a comment told to the audience by a stage performer but "meant" not to be heard by other characters	17
4615436690	Assonance	repetition of similar vowel sounds that need to be close enough for the repetition to noticeably be heard	18
4615436709	Asyndeton	meaning unconnected; commas intentionally eliminate conjunctions to separate a series of words; ex. instead of x, y, and z do x,y,z	19
4615629579	Aubade	opposite of a serenade, it is a morning love song/poem	20
4615629580	Ballad	a poem that is usually arranged in quatrains telling a simple story with repeated refrains; usually narratives, were known as folk ballads and then passed to literary ballads	21
4615629581	Bathos		22
4615629628	Black Humor		23
4615629694	Blank Verse		24
4615630086	Cacophony		25
4615630087	Cadence		26
4615630088	Canto		27
4615630172	Caricature		28
4615630613	Catharsis		29
4615632644	'Characterization		30
4615632645	'Indirect Characterization		31
4615632920	'Direct Characterization		32
4615632921	'Static Character		33
4615632922	'Dynamic Character		34
4615633060	'Flat Character		35
4615633095	'Round Character		36
4615633265	Chiasmus		37
4615633433	Chorus		38
4615633500	Cliche		39
4615633554	Colloquialism		40
4615633626	Comedy	a type of literary genre; a story having funny/happy ending	41
4615633627	Conceit	A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects.	42
4615634021	Confessional Poetry	A twentieth century term used to describe poetry that uses intimate material from the poet's life.	43
4615634022	"Conflict	a struggle between two opposing forces in a story; usually between the protagonist and antagonist	44
4615634090	"External Conflict	conflict between a person and an outside force; may be character vs. character, character vs nature, or character vs society	45
4615634534	"Internal Conflict	mental struggle within the character; ex. dealing with mixed emotions, deciding between right or wrong, or between two solutions in a problem	46
4615635266	Connotation		47
4615635267	Consonance		48
4615635268	Couplet		49
4615635365	Denotation		50
4615635366	Deus Ex Machina		51
4615635709	Dialect		52
4615635710	Diction		53
4615636001	Didactic		54
4615636002	Dirge		55
4615636060	Dissonance		56
4615636233	Elegy		57
4615636277	Enjambment		58
4615636451	Epic		59
4615636452	Epigraph		60
4615636481	Epistrophe		61
4615636826	Epithet		62
4615636858	~Essay	short piece of nonfiction in which the writer discuss a part of a subject	63
4615637883	~Argumentation	one of the four forms of dialogue which uses logos, ethos, and pathos to develop ideas to convince the reader to think or act a certain way	64
4615638240	~Persuasion	more on the emotional viewpoint that on the facts	65
4615638369	~Argument	persuasion towards more into reasoning (logic) rather in emotion to convince the audience to think or act in a certain way	66
4615638487	~Causal Relationship	form of argumentation where one thing results from another; used as logical argument	67
4615638899	~Description	form of writing that uses language to create mood or emotion	68
4615638900	~Exposition	one of the four major types of writing where something is explained; narrative	69
4615638901	~Narrative	form of writing where it tells/explains a series of events	70
4615639123	Euphemism		71
4615639124	Euphony		72
4615639356	Explication		73
4615639357	Exposition		74
4615642132	Fable	a short story in prose or poetry that leads/teaches to a moral lesson	75
4615642133	Farce		76
4615642935	Feminine Rhyme		77
4615642936	Figurative Language		78
4615643043	Flashback	scene or event from the past that appears in a narrative out of chronological order, to fill in information or explain something in the present	79
4615643044	Foil		80
4615643045	Foot		81
4615643343	Foreshadowing	A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.	82
4615643344	Free Verse		83
4615643345	Genre		84
4615643352	Heroic Couplet		85
4615643705	Hubris		86
4615643706	Hyperbole		87
4615643707	Imagery		88
4615643871	In Medias Res		89
4615643872	Interior Monologue		90
4615643873	Internal Rhyme		91
4615644409	Inversion		92
4615644410	`Irony		93
4615644411	`Verbal Irony		94
4615644657	`Dramatic Irony		95
4615644658	`Situational Irony		96
4615646813	`Cosmic Irony		97
4615646814	Juxtaposition		98
4615646815	Kenning		99
4615646984	Litotes		100
4615646985	Local Color		101
4615647218	Loose Sentence		102
4615647219	Lyric Poem		103
4615647418	Masculine Rhyme		104
4615647419	-Metaphor	figure of speech that compares two unlike things without the use of "like" and "as"	105
4615647420	-Implied Metaphor		106
4687583673	-Extended metaphor		107
4615647530	-Dead Metaphor		108
4615647531	-Mixed Metaphor		109
4615647532	*Meter		110
4615647918	*Anapestic Meter		111
4615647919	*Dactylic Meter		112
4615648075	*Iambic Meter		113
4615648076	*Spondaic Meter		114
4615648277	*Trochaic Meter		115
4615648278	Metonymy		116
4615649379	Mood		117
4615649380	Motif		118
4615649381	Motivation	reasons that lead and directs a character's behavior	119
4615649594	Narration/Narrative Verse		120
4615649595	Frame Narrative		121
4615649596	Nemesis		122
4615649759	Objectivity		123
4615649974	Onomatopoeia	A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words.	124
4615649975	Oxymoron		125
4615649976	Parable		126
4615649980	Paradox		127
4615650285	Parallel Structure		128
4615650286	Parenthetical Phrase		129
4615650491	Parody		130
4615650492	Pastoral Poetry		131
4615650493	Pathos		132
4615650640	Periodic Sentence		133
4615650641	Persona		134
4615650642	Personification		135
4615650904	^Plot		136
4615650905	^Exposition		137
4615650906	^Rising Action		138
4615650907	^Climax		139
4615651221	^Falling Action		140
4615651222	^Resolution		141
4615652038	,Point of View	a point in which the writer tells the story	142
4615652039	,First Person	one of the characters tells the story; I, me, we	143
4615652040	,Third Person	unknown narrator tells the story; and usually talks about a specific character; they, him	144
4615652219	,Omniscient		145
4615652363	,Objective		146
4615652364	,Second Person		147
4615652526	Polysyndeton		148
4615652527	Protagonist	the main character in the story	149
4615652740	Pun	A humorous play on words; words that sound alike but have multiple meanings	150
4615652741	Pyrrhic Meter		151
4615652868	Quatrain	poem that consist of four lines; considered a unit	152
4615652869	Refrain	word, phrase, line or group of lines that are repeated; mostly in a poem; chorus of a song	153
4615652870	Requiem	song or prayer for the dead	154
4615653024	Rhythm		155
4615653025	Rhetoric		156
4615653026	Rhetorical Question		157
4615653033	Romance		158
4615653234	Satire		159
4615653235	Setting	time and place where the story takes place	160
4615653236	Simile	figure of speech that makes a detailed comparison between two unlike things; using "like" or "as"	161
4615655292	Soliloquy		162
4615655293	Stanza		163
4615655449	Stereotype	a generalized belief towards a person often about religion, social, or racial prejudices but often is overgeneralized	164
4615655450	Stock Character		165
4615679041	Stream of Consciousness		166
4615679042	Style		167
4615679048	Suspense	feeling of anxious or curiosity of what will happen next in the story	168
4615679242	Subjectivity		169
4615679243	Suspension of Disbelief		170
4615679766	Symbol		171
4615679767	Synecdoche		172
4615680037	Tall tale	extremely exaggerated story that is unbelievable	173
4615680038	Theme		174
4615680210	Thesis	main purpose of an argument	175
4615680211	Tone		176
4615680212	Tragedy		177
4615680521	Tragic Flaw		178
4615680522	Tragic Irony		179
4615680968	Understatement		180
4615680969	Utopia	an idealized place; imaginary place where people live happily	181
4615681174	Vernacular		182
4615681175	Impressionism		183
4615681176	Modernism	time 1920s- 1945 post modernism is 1945 till now	184
4615681370	Naturalism	time late 1800s- mid 1900s	185
4615681371	Plain Style		186
4615681501	Puritanism	Time line of 1620-1770s	187
4615681502	Rationalism		188
4615681503	Realism	Time line of 1850s- early 1900s	189
4615681634	Regionalism	time line 1884-early 1900s	190
4615682231	Romanticism	Time line of 1800s- 1870s	191
4615681635	Surrealism		192
4615681636	Symbolism		193
4615682562	Transcendentalism		194
4615686847	Neoclassic	time 1770s- early 1800s	195