AP Literature Review Terms Flashcards

6368973499	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
6368973500	alliteration	repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words	1
6368973501	allusion	indirect or passing reference	2
6368973502	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
6368973503	antagonist	the main character's opposition	4
6368973504	apostrophe	figure of speech which addresses a character who is not present	5
6368973505	approximate rhyme	words that do not rhyme but sound similar found in a rhyming pattern	6
6368973506	aside	when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage	7
6368973507	assonance	the repetition of vowel sounds	8
6368973508	blank verse	poetry written in meter (usually iambic pentameter) without an ending rhyme	9
6368973509	cacophony	blend of unharmonious sounds	10
6368973510	caesura	pause in the middle of a line	11
6368973511	catharsis	the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions	12
6368973512	flat character	story character who has no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic	13
6368973513	round character	character who has complex personality: contradicted person	14
6368973514	dynamic character	a character who changes throughout the story through major conflict	15
6368973515	static character	person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality	16
6368973516	characterization	process of revealing characters personality	17
6368973517	climax	point where conflict hits its highest point	18
6368973518	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	19
6368973519	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	20
6368973520	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	21
6368973521	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	22
6368973522	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	23
6368973523	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	24
6368973524	denouement	final outcome of the story	25
6368973525	deus ex machina	resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence	26
6368973526	didactic writing	writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach	27
6368973527	direct presentation of character	author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story	28
6368973528	double rhyme	rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn)	29
6368973529	dramatic exposition	prose commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world	30
6368973530	end rhyme	rhymes occurring at the end of line	31
6368973531	end stopped line	line ending in regular punctuation	32
6368973532	English sonnet	a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg	33
6368973533	epiphany	when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life	34
6368973534	euphony	smooth choice and arrangement of sounds	35
6368973535	extended figure	A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem.	36
6368973536	falling action	Events after the climax, leading to the resolution	37
6368973537	feminine rhyme	lines rhymed by their final two syllables	38
6368973538	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	39
6368973539	figure of speech	a way of saying something other than the ordinary way	40
6368973540	foot	basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables	41
6368973541	form	external pattern or shape of a poem	42
6368973542	free verse	Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme	43
6368973543	hamartia	tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall	44
6368973544	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	45
6368973545	indirect presentation of character	the personality of a character is revealed by what he or she does or says	46
6368973546	internal rhyme	A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line	47
6368973547	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	48
6368973548	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	49
6368973549	dramatic irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	50
6368973550	irony of situation	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	51
6368973551	italian sonnet	A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd	52
6368973552	masculine rhyme	A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable	53
6368973553	melodrama	a play based upon a dramatic plot and developed sensationally	54
6368973554	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	55
6368973555	meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	56
6368973556	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	57
6368973557	motivation	A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior	58
6368973558	narrator	Person telling the story	59
6368973559	octave	8 line stanza	60
6368973560	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	61
6368973561	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	62
6368973562	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	63
6368973563	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	64
6368973564	paraphrase	A restatement of a text or passage in your own words.	65
6368973565	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	66
6368973566	plot	Sequence of events in a story	67
6368973567	point of view	The perspective from which a story is told	68
6368973568	omniscient point of view	The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person.	69
6368973569	third person limited point of view	narrator tells the story from only one character's pov	70
6368973570	first person point of view	a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself	71
6368973571	objective point of view	a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.	72
6368973572	protagonist	Main character	73
6368973573	quatrain	A four line stanza	74
6368973574	rhythm	A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions.	75
6368973575	rhyme scheme	A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem	76
6368973576	rising action	Events leading up to the climax	77
6368973577	sarcasm	the use of irony to mock or convey contempt	78
6368973578	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	79
6368973579	scansion	Analysis of verse into metrical patterns	80
6368973580	sestet	6 line stanza	81
6368973581	setting	The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.	82
6368973582	simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	83
6368973583	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	84
6368973584	sonnet	14 line poem	85
6368973585	stanza	A group of lines in a poem	86
6368973586	stream of consciousness	private thoughts of a character without commentary	87
6368973587	syllabic verse	Verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of feet per line.	88
6368973588	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	89
6368973589	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	90
6368973590	synesthesia	describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")	91
6368973591	tercet	3 line stanza	92
6368973592	terza rima	a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.	93
6368973593	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	94
6368973594	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	95
6368973595	tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	96
6368973596	truncation	Utilizing a melody with part of the end omitted.	97
6368973597	understandment	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	98
6368973598	verse	A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme	99
6368973599	vilanelle	a nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the other tercets and with both repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain.	100