AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards

5709083633	Kenning	Often picturesque metaphorical compounds used in Old Germanic languages as synonyms for simple nouns	0
5709083634	Caesura	A pause or break in a line of verse	1
5709083635	Alliteration	The repetition of initial identical consonant sounds or any vowels sound in successive or closely associated syllables	2
5709083636	Aphorism	A principle expressed tersely in a few telling words or any general truth conveyed in a short and pithy sentence	3
5709083637	Irony	The recognition of a reality different from appearance	4
5709083638	Verbal irony	A figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words that carry the opposite meaning	5
5709083639	Dramatic irony	The reader's understanding is greater than the characters in a work of literature	6
5709083640	Situational irony	Events coming together in improbable situations creating a tense between expected and Real Results	7
5709083641	Understatement	The literal sense of what is said Falls detectively short of the magnitude of what is being talked about	8
5709083642	Imagery	Writing that appeals to the senses	9
5709083643	Meter	The reoccurrence and poetry of a rhythmic pattern or the rhythm established by the regular occurrence of similar units of sound	10
5709083644	Foot	A unit of sound consisting of some combinations of stressed and unstressed syllables	11
5709083645	Strophe (antistrophe)	Two of three stanzaic forms of the Greek choral ode. These two are identical to meter. As the chorus sang the strophe, they moved from right to left; while singing antistrophe, they retrace the steps exactly. In rhetoric antistrophe is the reciprocal conversation of the same words	12
5709083646	In medias res	A Greek term literally meaning in the midst of things. It is applied to a literary technique of opening a story in the middle of the action and then supplying background information through flashbacks and other devices.	13
5709083647	Characterization	The creation of imaginary person so that they seem lifelike	14
5709083648	Direct characterization	The explicit presentation by the author of a character	15
5709083649	Indirect characterizarion	The authors revelation of a character through his words, thoughts, actions, appearances, or responses to and from others	16
5709083650	Static characterization	A character who changes little if at all throughout the story	17
5709083651	Dynamic characterization	A character who experiences a major change throughout the course of the work	18
5709083652	Satire	And work or manner that blends a censorious attitude with humor and wit for improving human institutions or Humanity. Satirist attempt through laughter not so much to tear down as to inspire remodeling.	19
5709083653	Sarcasm	A caustic and bitter expression of strong disapproval. It is typically personal, jeering, and intended to hurt. It is a more caustic and bitter form of irony.	20
5709083654	Enjambment	The continuation of the sense and grammatical construction of a line on to the next line.	21
5709083655	Sonnet	A 14 line poem typically written in iambic pentameter about an unattainable love with a specific rhyme scheme.	22
5709083656	Shakespearean sonnet	Asana consisting of three quatrains followed by an indented couplet. Rhyming abab cdcd efef gg	23
5709083657	Petrarchan sonnet	A sonnet consisting of an octave and a sestet. Typically a shift in the handling of the subject or the point of views occurs between the octave and the sestet. The rhyming pattern may vary but is typically abbaabba for the octave and cdecde or cdcdcd	24
5709083658	Catharsis	The purging of one's guilt in the story. This is usually done in a very dramatic way. Think Oedipus stabbing his eyes.	25
5709083659	Hamartia	This is the Fatal flaw that a character takes that causes their downfall.	26
5709083660	Hubris	the arrogance of a character	27
5709083661	Foil	A character whose qualities or actions serves to emphasize those of the protagonist by providing a strong contrast with them.	28
5709083662	Monologue	An extended speech honored by one speaker, either to others or as if alone	29
5709083663	Soliloquy	A dramatic speech ordered by one character speaking aloud while alone on stage or while under the impression of being alone	30
5709083664	Apostrophe	A figure of speech in which someone, some abstract quality, or non-existent person is directly addressed as though present	31
5709083665	Ambiguity	The state of having more than one meaning or interpretation	32
5709083666	Synecdoche	A part represents the whole	33
5709083667	Point of view	The vantage point or stance from which a story is told	34
5709083668	First person	The story is told by one of its characters typically using the first person pronoun I.	35
5709083669	Third person objective	The author Limits him / herself to reporting what the character say or do	36
5709083670	Third person omniscient	The author knows all and it's free to tell us anything including what the characters are thinking and feeling. All characters thoughts and feelings are revealed.	37
5709083671	Third person limited	The author Limits him / herself to a complete knowledge of one character in the story and tells us only what that one character feels, thinks, sees, or hears	38
5709083672	Dystopia	An undesirable imaginary Society	39
5709083673	Utopia	A desirable imaginary Society	40
5709083674	Theme	An abstract idea that emerges from the literary Works treatment of its subject matter or a topic reoccurring and a number of literary works.	41
5709083675	Novella	A short story may be built on one incident	42
5709083676	Plot	A series of related events creating a story	43
5709083677	Exposition	The setting forth of a systematic explanation of or argument about any subject; or the opening part of a play or story in which we are introduced to the characters and their situation	44
5709083678	rising action	The part of the plot that leads through a series of events of increasing interest in power to the climax or Turning Point	45
5709083679	Climax	The part of the story which a crisis is reached and a resolution achieved	46
5709083680	Denouement	The portion of the plot that reveals the final outcome of its conflicts or the solution of its Mysteries	47
5709083681	Deus Ex machina	The resolution of a plot by use of a highly improbable chance, coincidence, or artificial device that solves some difficult problem or crisis	48
5709083682	Protagonist	The chief character in a work the main character the protagonist is a major conflict overcome or defeat throughout the course of the story this does not mean the good guy the protagonist need not be upright or virtuous	49
5709083600	Antagonist	The most prominent of the characters who oppose the protagonist or hero in a dramatic or narrative work. The antagonist is often villains seeking to frustrate a heroine or hero.	50
5709083601	Synaesthesia	The description of one kind of sense impression by using words that normally describe another	51
5709083602	Style	A writer's way of saying things or a philosophy that influences the author's viewpoint	52
5709083603	Tone	The attitude towards the subject and or towards the audience in a literary work	53
5709083604	Mood	The emotional or intellectual attitude of the author towards the subject	54
5709083605	Connotation	The range of further associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to it straightforward dictionary meaning	55
5709083606	Juxtaposition	The side by side comparison of two or more objects or ideas for the purpose of highlighting similarities or differences	56
5709083607	malapropism	The comic substitution of one word for another similar in sound but different in meaning	57
5709083608	Voice	The sense of written work conveys to a reader of the writers attitude personality and character	58
5709083609	Motif	A reoccurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation that appears in various works or throughout the same work	59
5709083610	Anachronism	An event, object, custom, person, or thing that is out of its natural order in time	60
5709083611	Metonymy	Figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea. "The pen is mightier than the sword".	61
5709083612	Narrator	Teller of the story	62
5709083613	Dissonance	Harshness of a sound and or rhyme either inadvertent or deliberate	63
5709083614	Euphony	A pleasing smoothness of sound perceived by the ease with which the words can be spoken in combination	64
5709083615	Litotes	A figure of speech where an affirmation is made indirectly by saying its opposite usually with an effect of understatement	65
5709083616	Euphemism	The substitution of a mild term for one more offensive or hurtful	66