AP Literature Review Terms Flashcards

6662119740	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
6662119741	alliteration	beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words	1
6662119742	allusion	indirect of passing reference	2
6662119743	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
6662119744	antagonist	a hostile person who is opposed to another character	4
6662119745	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	5
6662119747	aside	when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage	6
6662119749	blank verse	poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme	7
6662119753	flat character	story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic	8
6662119754	round character	character who has complex personality: contradicted person	9
6662119755	dynamic character	changes throughout the story, through major conflict	10
6662119756	static character	person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality	11
6662119757	characterization	process of revealing characters personality	12
6662119758	climax	point where conflict hits its highest point	13
6662119759	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	14
6662119760	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	15
6662119761	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	16
6662119763	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	17
6662119764	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	18
6662119765	denouement	final outcome of the story	19
6662119766	deus ex machina	resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence	20
6662119768	direct presentation of character	author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story	21
6662119771	end rhyme	rhymes occurring at the end of line	22
6662119772	end stopped line	line ending in regular punctuation	23
6662119773	English sonnet	a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg	24
6662119774	epiphany	when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life	25
6662119777	falling action	Events after the climax, leading to the resolution	26
6662119779	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	27
6662119780	figure of speech	a way of saying something other than the ordinary way	28
6662119781	foot	basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables	29
6662119782	form	external pattern or shape of a poem	30
6662119783	free verse	Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme	31
6662119784	hamartia	tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall	32
6662119785	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	33
6662119786	indirect presentation of character	the personality of a character is revealed by what he or she does or says	34
6662119787	internal rhyme	A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line	35
6662119788	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	36
6662119789	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	37
6662119790	dramatic irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	38
6662119791	irony of situation	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	39
6662119792	italian sonnet	A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd	40
6662119795	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	41
6662119796	meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	42
6662119798	motivation	A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior	43
6662119799	narrator	Person telling the story	44
6662119800	octave	8 line stanza	45
6662119801	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	46
6662119802	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	47
6662119803	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	48
6662119804	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	49
6662119805	paraphrase	A restatement of a text or passage in your own words.	50
6662119806	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	51
6662119807	plot	Sequence of events in a story	52
6662119808	point of view	The perspective from which a story is told	53
6662119809	omniscient point of view	The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person.	54
6662119810	third person limited point of view	narrator tells the story from only one character's pov	55
6662119811	first person point of view	a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself	56
6662119812	objective point of view	a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.	57
6662119813	protagonist	Main character	58
6662119814	quatrain	A four line stanza	59
6662119815	rhythm	A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions.	60
6662119816	rhyme scheme	A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem	61
6662119817	rising action	Events leading up to the climax	62
6662119818	sarcasm	the use of irony to mock or convey contempt	63
6662119819	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	64
6662119821	sestet	6 line stanza	65
6662119822	setting	The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.	66
6662119823	simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	67
6662119824	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	68
6662119825	sonnet	14 line poem	69
6662119826	stanza	A group of lines in a poem	70
6662119827	stream of consciousness	private thoughts of a character without commentary	71
6662119829	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	72
6662119832	tercet	3 line stanza	73
6662119834	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	74
6662119835	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	75
6662119836	tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	76
6662119838	understandment	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	77
6662119839	verse	A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme	78