AP Literature - LITERARY TERM REVIEW Flashcards

7355178027	Allegory	A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions	0
7355178028	Alliteration	occurs when a series of words in a row (or close together) have the same first consonant sound. For example, "She sells sea-shells down by the sea-shore" or "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers" are both examples.	1
7355180276	Allusion	A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art	2
7355180277	Analogy	the comparison of two things for the purpose of explaining a difficult idea (shows how the difficult/confusing idea is similar to the familiar one)	3
7355183318	Antagonist	A character or force in conflict with the main character. An opponent.	4
7355206341	Characterization	Act of creating and developing a character	5
7355206342	Plot	the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.	6
7355208338	Conflict	A struggle between opposing forces	7
7355208339	Connotation	The implied or associative meaning of a word	8
7355217194	Dialogue	Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie	9
7355217195	Diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words	10
7355217196	Verbal Irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	11
7355220924	Dramatic Irony	When the audience knows something that the characters don't	12
7355220925	Irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	13
7355220926	Metaphor	A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared, without using the words "like" or "as".	14
7355222269	Flashback	Present action is temporarily interrupted so that past events can be described. A scene that goes back in time to present incidents that occurred before the beginning of the story	15
7355222270	Foreshadowing	An author's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story	16
7355223568	Hyperbole	A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.	17
7355223569	Imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	18
7355223570	Mood	Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader	19
7355225318	Point of View	The perspective from which a story is told	20
7355225319	Personification	Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea	21
7355227000	Protagonist	The main character in a literary work	22
7355227001	Parallelism	giving two or more parts a similar form to create a definite pattern	23
7355229069	Repetition	Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis	24
7355229070	Sensory Details	Use of sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and textures to convey meaning	25
7355230965	Setting	The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.	26
7355230966	Simile	A comparison between two unlike things using like or as	27
7355230967	Suspense	A feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work.	28
7355232177	Symbol	Anything physica [tangible] l that stands for or represents something else, usually intangible.	29
7355232178	Theme	Central idea of a work of literature. A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.	30
7355232179	Tone	The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.	31
7355232180	Fiction	literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people.	32
7355255569	Situational Irony	A type of irony in which events turn out the opposite of what was expected.	33