AP Literature Set 8 Flashcards
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| 7145937225 | protagonist | Main character |  | 0 |
| 7145937226 | quatrain | A four line stanza |  | 1 |
| 7145937227 | rhythm | A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions. |  | 2 |
| 7145937228 | rhyme scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem |  | 3 |
| 7145937229 | rising action | Events leading up to the climax |  | 4 |
| 7145937230 | sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt |  | 5 |
| 7145937231 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. |  | 6 |
| 7145937232 | scansion | Analysis of verse into metrical patterns |  | 7 |
| 7145937233 | sestet | 6 line stanza |  | 8 |
| 7145937234 | setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. |  | 9 |