AP Literature Terms - Realism through Voice Flashcards

5072310368	Realism	a nineteenth-century literary movement in Europe and the United States that stressed accuracy in the portrayal of life, focusing on characters with whom middle-class readers could easily identify; in direct contrast with romanticism	0
5072313347	Refrain	a line or group of lines that are periodically repeated throughout a poem	1
5072313348	Rhyme	a similarity of accented sounds between two words, such as sad/mad; rhymes can be masculine or feminine	2
5072319672	Romanticism	a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement that began in the eighteenth century as a reaction against neoclassicism; the focal points of the movement are imagination, emotion, and freedom, stressing subjectivity, individuality, the love and worship of nature, and a fascination with the past	3
5072322060	Sarcasm	harsh, caustic personal remarks to or about someone; less subtle than irony	4
5072322062	Similes	a figure of speech that uses like, as, or as if to make a direct comparison between two essentially different objects, actions, or qualities; for example, "the sky looked like an artist's canvas"	5
5072324559	Sonnet	a fourteen-line lyric poem in iambic pentameter	6
5072324560	Stanza	a group of lines in the formal pattern of a poem	7
5072324561	Couplet	the simplest stanza, consisting of two rhymed lines	8
5072326535	Tercet	three lines, usually having the same rhyme	9
5072326536	Quatrain	four lines	10
5072326537	Cinquain	five lines	11
5072329042	Sestet	six lines	12
5072329043	Octave	eight lines	13
5072329044	Stereotype	a character who represents a trait that is usually attributed to a particular social or racial group and lacks individuality	14
5072331081	Symbolism	the use of symbols, or anything that is meant to be taken both literally and as representative of a higher and more complex significance	15
5072345253	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent a whole, such as using "boards" to mean "a stage," or "wheels" to mean "a car"	16
5072345254	Theme	the central idea or "message" of a literary work	17
5072345255	Tone	the characteristic emotion or attitude of an author toward the characters, subject, and audience	18
5072351667	Tragic Flaw	the one weakness that causes the downfall of the hero in a tragedy	19
5072354794	Voice	the way a written work conveys an author's attitude	20