AP Literature Review Terms Flashcards

6096528633	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
6096528634	alliteration	beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words	1
6096528635	allusion	indirect of passing reference	2
6096528636	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
6096528637	antagonist	a hostile person who is opposed to another character	4
6096528638	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	5
6096528640	aside	when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage	6
6096528641	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	7
6096528642	blank verse	poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme	8
6096528643	cacophony	clash of unharmonious sounds	9
6096528644	caesura	pause in the middle of a line of poetry	10
6096528645	catharsis	the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse)	11
6096528646	flat character	story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic, like a stereotype or "cartoonish" character	12
6096528647	round character	character who has complex personality and has a depth of personality traits	13
6096528648	dynamic character	changes throughout the story, through major conflict	14
6096528649	static character	person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality	15
6096528650	characterization	process of revealing characters personality	16
6096528651	climax	point where conflict hits its highest point	17
6096528653	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	18
6096528654	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	19
6096528655	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	20
6096528656	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	21
6096528657	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	22
6096528658	denouement	final outcome of the story	23
6096528659	deus ex machina	resolution of a plot by chance, coincidence, or a last minute outside influence ("god in the machine")	24
6096528660	didactic writing	writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach	25
6096528661	direct characterization	author directly tells the reader the character traits: trustworthy, kind, hard-working	26
6096528662	double rhyme	rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn)	27
6096528663	dramatic exposition	provides background information about the characters and their world	28
6096528664	end rhyme	rhymes occurring at the end of line	29
6096528665	end stopped line	line ending in regular punctuation	30
6096528666	English sonnet	a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg	31
6096528667	epiphany	when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life	32
6096528668	euphony	smooth choice and arrangement of sounds	33
6096528669	extended figure	A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem.	34
6096528670	falling action	Events after the climax, leading to the resolution	35
6096528671	feminine rhyme	lines rhymed by their final two syllables	36
6096528672	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	37
6096528673	figure of speech	a way of saying something other than the ordinary way	38
6096528674	foot	basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables	39
6096528675	form	external pattern or shape of a poem	40
6096528676	free verse	Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme	41
6096528677	hamartia	tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall	42
6096528678	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	43
6096528679	indirect presentation of character	the personality of a character is revealed by what he or she does or says	44
6096528680	internal rhyme	A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line	45
6096528681	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	46
6096528682	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	47
6096528683	dramatic irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	48
6096528684	irony of situation	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	49
6096528685	italian sonnet	A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd	50
6096528686	masculine rhyme	A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable	51
6096528687	melodrama	a play based upon a dramatic plot and developed sensationally	52
6096528688	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	53
6096528689	meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	54
6096528690	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	55
6096528691	motivation	A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior	56
6096528692	narrator	Person telling the story	57
6096528693	octave	8 line stanza	58
6096528694	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	59
6096528695	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	60
6096528696	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	61
6096528697	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	62
6096528698	paraphrase	A restatement of a text or passage in your own words.	63
6096528699	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	64
6096528700	plot	Sequence of events in a story	65
6096528701	point of view	The perspective from which a story is told	66
6096528702	omniscient point of view	The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person.	67
6096528703	third person limited point of view	narrator tells the story from only one character's pov	68
6096528704	first person point of view	a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself	69
6096528705	objective point of view	a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.	70
6096528706	protagonist	Main character	71
6096528707	quatrain	A four line stanza	72
6096528708	rhythm	A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions.	73
6096528709	rhyme scheme	A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem	74
6096528710	rising action	Events leading up to the climax	75
6096528711	sarcasm	the use of irony to mock or convey contempt	76
6096528712	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	77
6096528713	scansion	Analysis of verse into metrical patterns	78
6096528714	sestet	6 line stanza	79
6096528715	setting	The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.	80
6096528716	simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	81
6096528717	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	82
6096528718	sonnet	14 line poem	83
6096528719	stanza	A group of lines in a poem	84
6096528720	stream of consciousness	private thoughts of a character without commentary	85
6096528721	syllabic verse	Verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of feet per line.	86
6096528722	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	87
6096528723	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	88
6096528724	synesthesia	describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")	89
6096528725	tercet	3 line stanza	90
6096528726	terza rima	a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.	91
6096528727	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	92
6096528728	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	93
6096528729	tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	94
6096528730	truncation	Utilizing a melody with part of the end omitted.	95
6096528731	understandment	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	96
6096528732	verse	A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme	97
6096528733	vilanelle	a nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the other tercets and with both repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain.	98