AP Literature Lit. Terms #5 Flashcards

4837736918	Fable	a very short story told in prose or poetry that teaches a practical lesson about how to succeed in life.	0
4837737809	Farce	a type of comedy in which ridiculous and often stereotyped characters are involved in silly, far-fetched situations.	1
4837738303	Figurative Language	Words which are inaccurate if interpreted literally, but are used to describe. Similes and metaphors are common forms.	2
4837738304	Flashback	a scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time.	3
4837738906	Foil	A character who acts as contrast to another character. Often a funny side kick to the dashing hero, or a villain contrasting the hero.	4
4837738907	Foreshadowing	the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot.	5
4837739412	Free Verse	poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme.	6
4837739413	Hyperbole	a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement, for effect. "If I told you once, I've told you a million times...."	7
4837740193	Hypotactic	sentence marked by the use of connecting words between clauses or sentences, explicitly showing the logical or other relationships between them. (Use of such syntactic subordination of just one clause to another is known as hypotaxis). I am tired because it is hot.	8
4837740194	Imagery	the use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience.	9