AP Literature Fiction Test - Vocab Flashcards

4851539242	Plot	The unfolding of a dramatic situation.	0
4851543888	Dilemma	The difficult or impossible choice central to the story.	1
4851547504	Suspense	The pleasurable anxiety felt that heightens the reader's attention to the story.	2
4851565321	Conflict	The connected pattern of causes and effects which a character must face and try to overcome.	3
4851591618	Exposition	Setting the scene, providing background of the characters and other information describing what happened before the opening of the story.	4
4851605350	Complication	The beginning of the growth of the conflict.	5
4851626485	Crisis	Decisions made to end the conflict.	6
4851628657	Climax	The moment of greatest tension, the result of the crisis.	7
4851636984	Conclusion	Finishes the work and releases the tension.	8
4851653760	Point of view	The position or stance of the work's narrator.	9
4851662873	1st Person	Tells us what has happened to the narrator personally.	10
4851667586	3rd Person Omniscient	Narrator reports not only happenings and dialogue, but the inner-workings of a character's mind.	11
4851682537	3rd Person Limited	Narrator limits the narration to actions and thoughts of one character alone.	12
4851701821	Character	An imagined person who inhabits a story; a verbal representation of a human being.	13
4851706814	Character Traits	The imagined aspects that help determine the quality of mind or habitual mode of behavior.	14
4851710114	Circumstances	The environment a character finds himself in which drives a particular behavior.	15
4851717298	Round/Dynamic Characters	Characters who recognize, change with, or adjust to circumstances. There is significant growth or change in the character over the course of the story.	16
4851725941	Flat/Static Characters	Characters who do not grow or change.	17
4851784392	Setting	Where and when a story takes place.	18
4851789329	Theme	The general idea, insight, or lesson about life the story conveys.	19