AP Literature Review Terms Flashcards

7136724063	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
7136724064	alliteration	beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words	1
7136724065	allusion	indirect of passing reference	2
7136724066	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
7136724067	antagonist	a hostile person who is opposed to another character	4
7136724068	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	5
7136724069	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	6
7136724070	flat character	story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic	7
7136724071	round character	character who has complex personality: contradicted person	8
7136724072	dynamic character	changes throughout the story, through major conflict	9
7136724073	static character	person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality	10
7136724074	characterization	process of revealing characters personality	11
7136724075	climax	point where conflict hits its highest point	12
7136724076	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	13
7136724077	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	14
7136724078	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	15
7136724079	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	16
7136724080	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	17
7136724081	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	18
7136724082	denouement	final outcome of the story	19
7136724083	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	20
7136724084	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	21
7136724085	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	22
7136724086	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	23
7136724087	dramatic irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	24
7136724088	irony of situation	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	25
7136724089	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	26
7136724090	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	27
7136724091	motivation	A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior	28
7136724092	narrator	Person telling the story	29
7136724093	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	30
7136724094	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	31
7136724095	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	32
7136724096	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	33
7136724097	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	34
7136724098	plot	Sequence of events in a story	35
7136724099	omniscient point of view	The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person.	36
7136724100	third person limited point of view	narrator tells the story from only one character's pov	37
7136724101	first person point of view	a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself	38
7136724102	objective point of view	a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.	39
7136724103	protagonist	Main character	40
7136724104	quatrain	A four line stanza	41
7136724105	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	42
7136724106	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	43
7136724107	stream of consciousness	private thoughts of a character without commentary	44
7136724108	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	45
7136724109	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	46
7136724110	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	47
7136724111	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	48
7136724112	tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	49
7136724113	understatement	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	50