AP Literature Set 1 Flashcards

4082083735	Allusion	a reference in literature or in art to previous literature, history, mythology, pop culture/current events or the Bible	0
4082084787	Analysis	The process of examining the components of a literary work	1
4082085840	Antagonist	A character who functions as a resisting force to the goals of the protagonist	2
4082484041	antihero	a protagonist who carries the action of the literary piece but does not embody the classic characteristics of courage, strength, and nobility	3
4082484827	archetype	a character, situation, or symbol that is familiar to people from all cultures because it occurs frequently in literature, myth, religion, or folklore	4
4082489807	colloquial	relating to slang or regional dialect, used in familiar everyday conversation/ an informal style that reflects the way people spoke in a distinct time and/or place	5
4082489808	connotation	associations a word calls to mind (including emotions/ different from dictionary definition)	6
4082490762	denotation	dictionary or literal meaning of a word phrase	7
4082491120	denouement	outcome or clarification at the end of a story or play/ the winding down from a climax to ending	8
4082492567	diction	the deliberate choice of a style of language for a desired effect or tone.	9
4082493202	didactic	a story, speech, essay or play that is one in which the author's primary purpose is to instruct, teach or moralize	10
4082493756	figurative language	uses metaphors, simile, personification to appeal to one's sense. Most poetry contains this	11
4082495248	flashback	interruption of a narrative by the introduction of an earlier event or by an image of a past experience	12
4082495930	genre	category into which a piece of writing can be classified poetry, prose, drama	13
4082496794	imagery	anything that affects or appeals to the reader's sense: sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell	14
4082498033	metaphor	figure of speech that compares two dissimilar things, asserting that one thing is another thing	15
4082499599	myth	a story, usually with supernatural significance, that explains the origins of gods, heroes, or natural phenomena. They are fictional stories but they also contain deeper truths	16
4082500420	personification	attribution of human characteristics to an animal or to an inanimate object	17
4082501648	point of view	perspective or the speaker or narrator in a literary work	18
4082501965	protagonist	the main or principal character in a work	19
4082502201	simile	a comparison of unlike things using the words like, as or so	20
4082502872	style	the way a writer uses language. Takes into account word choice, diction, figures of speech and so on. writer's "voice"	21
4082503471	symbol	a concrete object, scene, or action which has deeper significance because it is associated with something else, often an important idea or theme in the work	22
4082504528	syntax	the way in which words, phrases, and sentences are ordered and connected	23
4082504925	theme	central idea of a literary work	24
4082505199	tone	refers to the author's attitude toward the subject, and often sets the mood of the piece	25