AP literature Flashcards

8466748630	Allegory	A narrative or descritpion having a second or symbolic meaning beneath the surface one	0
8466751993	Anecdote	A short account of an interesting or humorous event	1
8466755131	Artistic Unity	That condition of a successful literary work whereby all its elements work together for the achievement of its central purpose	2
8466761203	Cacophony	A harsh, discordant, unpleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds	3
8466764905	Euphony	A smooth, pleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds	4
8466769229	Moral	A rule of conduct or maxim for living expressed or implied as the "point" of a literary work	5
8466777616	Direct presentation of character	A method of characterization in which the author, by exposition or analysis, tells us directly what a character is like, or has someone else in the story do so.	6
8466785568	Dynamic character	A character who during the course of the story undergoes a permanent change in some aspect of character of outlook	7
8466792231	Flat character	A character whose characters is summed up in one or two traits	8
8466795193	Foil	A character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight various features of that other character's personality, throwing these characteristics into sharper focus	9
8466804139	Hubris	Overbearing and excessive pride	10
8466809273	Indirect presentation of character	That method of characterization in which the author shows us a character in action, compelling us to infer what the character is like from what is said or done by the character	11
8466816976	Round character	A character whose character is complex and many sided	12
8466819833	Static character	A character who is the same sort of person at the end of a story as at the beginning	13
8466824218	Stock character	A stereotyped character	14
8466826402	Tragic flaw	A flaw in the character of the protagonist of a tragedy that brings the protagonist to ruin or sorrow	15
8466833208	Colloquial	Informal, conversational language	16
8466836970	Invective	Denunciatory or abusive language	17
8466840736	Proverb	A short, pithy saying that expresses a basic truth or practical precept	18
8466848135	Soliloquy	A device often used in drama where by a character relates his or her thoughts and feelings to him/herself and to the audience without addressing any of the other characters	19
8466859616	Denouement	The conclusion of the story. Conflicts are resolved, creating normality for the characters and a sense of catharsis for them and the reader. Sometimes a hint as to the characters' future is given	20
8466872500	Dramatic irony	An incongruity of discrepancy between what a character says or thinks and what the readers knows to be true (or between what a character perceives and what the author intends the reader to perceive)	21
8466882423	Irony of situation	A situation in which there is an incongruity between appearance and reality, or between expectation and fulfillment, or between the actual situation and what would seem appropriate	22
8466889431	Verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	23
8466893476	Epistolary novel	A novel written as a series of documents	24
8466895661	In media res	Denotes the literary and artistic narrative technique wherein the relation of a story begins either at the mid-point or at the conclusion, rather than at the beginning, establishing setting, character, and conflict via flashback and expository conversations	25
8466906836	Linear structure	a plot that follows a straight-moving, cause and effect, chronological ordeer	26
8466911229	Objective point of view	The author tells the story, using third person, but is limited to reporting what the characters say or do; the author does not interpret their behavior or tell us their private thoughts or feelings	27
8466922501	Nonlinear structure	When the plot is presented in a non-casual order, with the events presented in a random series jumping to and from the main plot with flashbacks or flashforwards; or in any other manner that is not either chronological or not cause and effects (ex: in media res)	28
8466933035	Stream of consciousness	Narrative which presents the private thoughts of a character without commentary or interpretation by the author	29
8466937368	Unreliable narrator	A narrator whose credibility has been seriously compromised. Theses are usually first-person narrators	30
8466943584	Anticlimax	A sudden descent form the impressive or significant to the ludicrous or inconsequential	31
8466948400	Catastrophe	The concluding action of a classical tragedy containing the resolution of the plot	32
8466954046	Deus ex machina	The resolution of a plot by use of a highly improbably chance or coincidence so named from the machine -- to rescue the protagonist from an impossible situation)	33
8466968567	Indeterminate ending	An ending in which the central problem or conflict is left unresolved	34
8466972220	Inversion	A reversal in order, nature, or effect	35
8466977383	Plot manipulation	A situation in which the author gives the plot a twist or turn unjustified by preceding action or by the characters involved	36
8466985544	Plot device	An object, character, or event whose only reason for existing is to advance the story. Often breaks suspension of disbelief	37
8466990124	Red herring	A literary tactic of diverting attention away from an item or person of significance	38
8466993810	Suspension of disbelief	An unspoken agreement between writer and reader	39
8466997697	Comedy of manners	Comedy that ridicules the manners (way of life, social customs, etc.) of a certain segment of society	40
8467003215	Satire	A kind of literary work that ridicules human folly or vice with the purpose of bringing about reform or of keeping others from falling into similar folly or vice	41
8467011993	Scornful Comedy	A type of comedy whose main purpose is to expose and ridicule human folly, vanity, or hypocrisy	42
8467017485	Farce	A type of comedy that relies on exaggeration, horseplay, and unrealistic or improbably situations to provoke laughter	43
8467022990	Escapist literature	Literature written purely for entertainment, with little or no attempt to provide insights into the true nature of human life or behavior	44
8467031124	Interpretive literature	Literature that provides valid insights into the nature of human life or behavior	45
8467034384	Novella	A written, fictional, prose narrative longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel	46
8467037436	Parable	A simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson	47