AP Literature Set #1 Flashcards

6324953204	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
6324953205	alliteration	beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words	1
6324953206	allusion	indirect or passing reference	2
6324953207	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
6324953208	antagonist	a hostile person who is opposed to another character	4
6324953209	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	5
6324953210	approximate rhyme	words in rhyming pattern that sound alike	6
6324953211	aside	when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage	7
6324953212	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	8
6324953213	blank verse	poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme	9
6324953214	cacophony	blend of unharmonious sounds	10
6324953215	caesura	pause in the middle of a line	11
6324953216	catharsis	the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse)	12
6324953217	flat character	story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic	13
6324953218	round character	character who has complex personality: contradicted person	14
6324953219	dynamic character	changes throughout the story, through major conflict	15
6324953220	static character	person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality	16
6324953221	characterization	process of revealing characters personality	17
6324953222	climax	point where conflict hits its highest point	18
6324953223	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	19
6324953224	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	20
6324953225	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	21
6324953226	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	22
6324953227	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	23
6324953228	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	24
6324953229	denouement	final outcome of the story	25
6324953230	deus ex machina	resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence	26
6324953231	didactic writing	writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach	27
6324953232	direct presentation of character	author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story	28
6324953233	double rhyme	rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn)	29
6324953234	dramatic exposition	prose commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world	30
6324953235	end rhyme	rhymes occurring at the end of line	31
6324953236	end stopped line	line ending in regular punctuation	32
6324953237	English sonnet	a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg	33
6324953238	epiphany	when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life	34