AP Literature Review Terms Flashcards

8470142020	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
8470142021	alliteration	beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words	1
8470142022	allusion	indirect of passing reference	2
8470142023	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
8470142024	antagonist	a hostile person who is opposed to another character	4
8470142025	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	5
8470142026	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	6
8470142027	flat character	story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic	7
8470142028	round character	character who has complex personality: contradicted person	8
8470142029	dynamic character	changes throughout the story, through major conflict	9
8470142030	static character	person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality	10
8470142031	characterization	process of revealing characters personality	11
8470142032	climax	point where conflict hits its highest point	12
8470142033	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	13
8470142034	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	14
8470142035	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	15
8470142036	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	16
8470142037	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	17
8470142038	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	18
8470142039	denouement	final outcome of the story	19
8470142040	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	20
8470142041	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	21
8470142042	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	22
8470142043	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	23
8470142044	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
8470142045	irony of situation	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	25
8470142046	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	26
8470142047	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	27
8470142048	motivation	A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior	28
8470142049	narrator	Person telling the story	29
8470142050	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	30
8470142051	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	31
8470142052	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	32
8470142053	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	33
8470142054	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	34
8470142055	plot	Sequence of events in a story	35
8470142056	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
8470142057	third person limited point of view	narrator tells the story from only one character's pov	37
8470142058	first person point of view	a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself	38
8470142059	objective point of view	a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.	39
8470142060	protagonist	Main character	40
8470142061	quatrain	A four line stanza	41
8470142062	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	42
8470142063	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	43
8470142064	stream of consciousness	private thoughts of a character without commentary	44
8470142065	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	45
8470142066	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	46
8470142067	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	47
8470142068	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	48
8470142069	tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	49
8470142070	understatement	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	50