AP Literature Terms-Prose Flashcards

3831390867	Atmosphere	The feeling or emotional mood of a piece. Conveyed through the descriptions, settings and objects.	0
3831390868	Colloquial	Casual slang, not necessarily grammatically correct or in the dictionary.	1
3831390869	Connotation	The informal definition of a word, with the associations it conjures. Connotation can be positive, negative or neutral.	2
3831390870	Denotation	Strict dictionary definition.	3
3831390871	Dialect	A form a language particular to a specific area.	4
3831390872	Dialogue	The things the characters say in a book, movie, story or play.	5
3831390873	Diction	The way a word is used in writing.	6
3831390874	Epigram	The text placed by an author before the book, usually a supplementary poem fragment or saying.	7
3831390875	Invective	Insulting or abusive.	8
3831390876	Inversion	Reversing the pattern or relationship of things.	9
3831390877	Dramatic Irony	A developed incongruity understood by the audience but not by the characters.	10
3831390878	Situation Irony	When actions have an effect that is the opposite of the intended effect.	11
3831390879	Verbal Irony	Using words that mean the opposite of the intended meaning for humorous effect.	12
3831390880	Mood	The predominant expression or emotion in a work of literature.	13
3831390881	Paradox	A situation composed of two opposite things at the same time.	14
3831390882	Proverb	A brief popular saying about how to live life.	15
3831390883	Pun	When more than one meaning is suggested, with humorous intent.	16
3831390884	Sarcasm	Using words that mean the opposite of what you want to say, for humorous effect or to show irritation.	17
3831390885	Satire	A work parodying and scorning human vices and follies.	18
3831390886	Slang	Informal words used in everyday conversation.	19
3831390887	Tone	The feeling exuded by the word used in a work of literature.	20
3831390888	Voice	The quality and sound of a writer's writing voice.	21
3831390889	Anecdote	A short retelling of an interesting, minor event.	22
3831390890	Anticlimax	A resolution without a climax, designed to disappoint or upset the reader's expectations.	23
3831390891	Character	An individual in a story.	24
3831390892	Flashback	When the story jumps backward, to a time before the story's current point.	25
3831390893	Incident	An event in a story.	26
3831390894	Motivation	The cause of a character's actions.	27
3831390895	Narrative voice	The voice telling the story to the reader.	28
3831390896	First Person	A character tells the story. Uses "I".	29
3831390897	Objective	An unbiased, balanced narrator that simply tells the events as they happened.	30
3831390898	Omniscient	An all-knowing narrator.	31
3831390899	Limited	A narrator that is less than omniscient.	32
3831390900	Third person	Someone above the whole story tells it. Often, they are disembodied.	33
3831390901	Unlimited	An omnisicent narrator. They know everything and everyone.	34