AP English Literature Review Flashcards

6708883463	Allegory	A work in which the characters, setting, and events stand for abstract or moral concepts	0
6708883464	Alliteration	The repetition of initial consonant sounds.	1
6708883465	Allusion	A reference to history, politics, or religion in a work	2
6708883466	Anapest	A metrical patter of two unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable (uus)	3
6708883467	Antagonist	The force or character that opposes the main character, the protagonist.	4
6708883468	Apostrophe	A direct address, usually in poetry, of something nonliving	5
6708883469	Aside	Words spoken by an actor intended to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters on stage.	6
6708883471	Ballad	A song-like poem that tells a story	7
6708883472	Blank verse	Unrhymed iambic pentameter.	8
6708883473	Cacophony	Harsh or discordant sounds in a line or passage of a literary work.	9
6708883474	Caesura	A break or pause within a line of poetry indicated by punctuation and used to emphasize meaning.	10
6708883475	Catharsis	According to Aristotle, the release of emotion that the audience of a tragedy experiences.	11
6708883477	Climax	The turning point of action or character in a literary work, usually the highest moment of tension.	12
6708883478	Comic Relief	The inclusion of humorous character or scene to contrast with the tragic elements of a work, thereby intensifying the next tragic event.	13
6708883480	Connotation	The interpretive level of a word based on its associated images rather than its literal meaning.	14
6708883481	Convention	A traditional aspect of a literary work.	15
6708883482	Couplet	Two lines of rhyming poetry.	16
6708883483	Dactyl	A foot or poetry consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables (suu)	17
6708883484	Denotation	The literal or dictionary meaning of a word.	18
6708883485	Denouement	The conclusion or tying up of loose ends in a literary work; the resolution of the conflict and plot.	19
6708883487	Diction	The author's choice of words.	20
6708883488	Elegy	A poem that laments the dead or a loss.	21
6708883489	Enjambment	A technique in poetry that involves the running on of a line or stanza. It enables the poem to move and to develop coherence as well as directing the reader with regard to form and meaning.	22
6708883490	Epic	A lengthy, elevated poem that celebrates the exploits of a hero.	23
6708883492	Euphony	The pleasant, mellifluous presentation of sounds in a literary work.	24
6708883493	Exposition	Background information presented in a literary work.	25
6708883494	Fable	A simple, symbolic story, usually employing animals as characters.	26
6708883495	Figurative Language	The body of devices that enables the writer to operate on levels other than the literal one.	27
6708883496	Flashback	A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts, events, and episodes.	28
6708883497	Foot	A metrical unit in poetry; a syllabic measure of a line: iamb, trochee, anapest, dactyl, and spondee.	29
6708883498	Foreshadowing	Hints of future events in a literary work.	30
6708883499	Form	The shape or structure of a literary work.	31
6708883500	Free Verse	Poetry without a defined form, meter, or rhyme scheme.	32
6708883501	Hyperbole	Extreme exaggeration.	33
6708883502	Iamb	A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one (us)	34
6708883504	Image	A verbal approximation of a sensory impression, concept, or emotion.	35
6708883505	Imagery	The total effect of related sensory images in a work of literature.	36
6708883507	Situational Irony	A contrast between what happens and what was intended or expected to happen.	37
6708883508	Lyric poetry	A type of poetry characterized by emotion, personal feelings, and brevity.	38
6708883510	Metaphor	A direct comparison between dissimilar things.	39
6708883511	Metaphysical Poetry	Refers to the works of poets like John Donne who explore highly complex, philosophical ideas through extended metaphors and paradox.	40
6708883512	Meter	A pattern of beats in poetry	41
6708883513	Metonymy	A figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea (using "the crown" to refer to a member of royalty, for example)	42
6708883514	Dramatic Monologue	A poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events	43
6708883515	Motif	The repetition or variations of an image or idea in a work which is used to develop theme or characters.	44
6708883516	Narrative poem	A poem that tells a story	45
6708883517	Narrator	The speaker of a prose work.	46
6708883518	Octave	An eight-line stanza, usually combined with a sestet in a Petrarchan sonnet.	47
6708883519	Ode	A complex, long lyric poem characterized by a serious subject and formal tone	48
6708883520	Onomatopoeia	Words that sound like the sound they represent.	49
6708883521	Oxymoron	An image of contradictory terms.	50
6708883522	Parable	A story that operates on more than one level and usually teaches a moral lesson.	51
6708883523	Paradox	A set of seemingly contradictory elements which nevertheless reflects an underlying truth.	52
6708883524	Parallel plot	A secondary story line that mimics and reinforces the main plot.	53
6708883525	Parody	A comic imitation of a work that ridicules the original	54
6708883526	Pathos	The aspects of a literary work that elicit pity from the audience.	55
6708883527	Personification	The assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts.	56
6708883528	Plot	A sequence of events in a literary work	57
6708883529	Point of View	The method of narration in a work.	58
6708883530	Protagonist	The hero or main character of a literary work, the character the audience sympathizes with.	59
6708883531	Quatrain	A four line stanza	60
6708883532	Resolution	The denouement of a literary work.	61
6708883533	Rhetorical Question	A question that does not expect an explicit answer.	62
6708883535	Rhyme scheme	The annotation of the pattern of the rhyme	63
6708883536	Rhythm	The repetitive pattern of beats in poetry	64
6708883537	Romanticism	A style or movement of literature that has as its foundation an interest in freedom, adventure, idealism, and escape.	65
6708883538	Satire	Writing that ridicules human nature to bring about social reform	66
6708883539	Scansion	Analysis of a poem's rhyme and meter.	67
6708883540	Sestet	A six-line stanza, usually paired with an octave to firm a Petrarchan sonnet.	68
6708883541	Sestina	A highly structured poetic form of 39 lines, written in iambic pentameter. It depends on the repetition of six words from the first stanza in each of the six stanzas.	69
6708883542	Setting	The time and place of a literary work	70
6708883543	Simile	An indirect comparison that uses the word, "like" or "as" to link the differing items in the comparison.	71
6708883544	Soliloquy	A speech in a play which is used to reveal the character's inner thoughts to the audience.	72
6708883545	Sonnet	A 14-line poem with a prescribed rhyme scheme in iambic pentameter.	73
6708883546	Spondee	A poetic foot consisting of two accented syllables.	74
6708883548	Stanza	A unit of a poem, similar in rhyme, meter, and length to other units in the porm	75
6708883549	Structure	The organization and form of a work.	76
6708883550	Style	The unique way an author presents his ideas.	77
6708883553	Symbol	Something in a literary work that stands for something else.	78
6708883554	Synecdoche	A figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole.	79
6708883555	Syntax	The grammatical structure of prose and poetry	80
6708883556	Tercet	A three-line stanza	81
6708883557	Theme	The underlying ideas that the author illustrates through characterization, motifs, language, plot, etc.	82
6708883558	Tone	The author's attitude toward his subject	83
6708883559	Tragic Hero	According to Aristotle, a basically good person of noble birth or exalted position who has a fatal flaw or commits an error in judgement which leads to his downfall. The tragic hero must have a moment of realization and live and suffer.	84
6708883560	Trochee	A single metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by one unaccented syllable (su)	85
6708883561	Understatement	The opposite of exaggeration.	86
6708883562	Villanelle	A highly structured poetic form that comprises six stanzas: five tercets and a quatrain. The poem repeats the first and third line throughout.	87
6709149885	Speaker	The voice behind the poem—the person we imagine to be saying the words out loud	88
6709154376	Pastoral	Poetry that presents an ideal country setting	89
6709163237	Foil	A character that serves as a contrast to another character	90
6709168346	Doppelganger	A look-alike of another character who usually represents his alter ego	91
6709175019	Consonance	The repetition of consonant sounds through a sequence of words	92
6709180464	Bildungsroman	A coming-of-age story	93
6709184833	Assonance	The repetition of vowel sounds in a sequence of words with different endings	94