AP Literature Flashcards

8038173430	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
8038173431	alliteration	beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words	1
8038173432	allusion	indirect of passing reference	2
8038173433	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
8038173434	antagonist	a hostile person who is opposed to another character	4
8038173435	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	5
8038173436	approximate rhyme	words in rhyming pattern that sound alike	6
8038173437	aside	when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage	7
8038173438	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	8
8038173439	blank verse	poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme	9
8038173440	cacophony	blend of unharmonious sounds	10
8038173441	caesura	pause in the middle of a line	11
8038173442	catharsis	the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse)	12
8038173443	flat character	story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic	13
8038173444	round character	character who has complex personality: contradicted person	14
8038173445	dynamic character	changes throughout the story, through major conflict	15
8038173446	static character	person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality	16
8038173447	characterization	process of revealing characters personality	17
8038173448	climax	point where conflict hits its highest point	18
8038173449	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	19
8038173450	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	20
8038173451	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	21
8038173452	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	22
8038173453	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	23
8038173454	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	24
8038173455	denouement	final outcome of the story	25
8038173456	deus ex machina	resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence	26
8038173457	didactic writing	writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach	27
8038173458	direct presentation of character	author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story	28
8038173459	double rhyme	rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn)	29
8038173460	dramatic exposition	prose commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world	30
8038173461	end rhyme	rhymes occurring at the end of line	31
8038173462	end stopped line	line ending in regular punctuation	32
8038173463	English sonnet	a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg	33
8038173464	epiphany	when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life	34
8038173465	euphony	smooth choice and arrangement of sounds	35
8038173466	extended figure	A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem.	36
8038173467	falling action	Events after the climax, leading to the resolution	37
8038173468	feminine rhyme	lines rhymed by their final two syllables	38
8038173469	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	39
8038173470	figure of speech	a way of saying something other than the ordinary way	40
8038173471	foot	basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables	41
8038173472	form	external pattern or shape of a poem	42
8038173473	free verse	Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme	43
8038173474	hamartia	tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall	44
8038173475	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	45
8038173476	indirect presentation of character	the personality of a character is revealed by what he or she does or says	46
8038173477	internal rhyme	A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line	47
8038173478	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	48
8038173479	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	49
8038173480	dramatic irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	50
8038173481	irony of situation	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	51
8038173482	italian sonnet	A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd	52
8038173483	masculine rhyme	A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable	53
8038173484	melodrama	a play based upon a dramatic plot and developed sensationally	54
8038173485	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	55
8038173486	meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	56
8038173487	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	57
8038173488	motivation	A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior	58
8038173489	narrator	Person telling the story	59
8038173490	octave	8 line stanza	60
8038173491	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	61
8038173492	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	62
8038173493	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	63
8038173494	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	64
8038173495	paraphrase	A restatement of a text or passage in your own words.	65
8038173496	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	66
8038173497	plot	Sequence of events in a story	67
8038173498	point of view	The perspective from which a story is told	68
8038173499	omniscient point of view	The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person.	69
8038173500	third person limited point of view	narrator tells the story from only one character's pov	70
8038173501	first person point of view	a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself	71
8038173502	objective point of view	a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.	72
8038173503	protagonist	Main character	73
8038173504	quatrain	A four line stanza	74
8038173505	rhythm	A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions.	75
8038173506	rhyme scheme	A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem	76
8038173507	rising action	Events leading up to the climax	77
8038173508	sarcasm	the use of irony to mock or convey contempt	78
8038173509	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	79
8038173510	scansion	Analysis of verse into metrical patterns	80
8038173511	sestet	6 line stanza	81
8038173512	setting	The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.	82
8038173513	simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	83
8038173514	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	84
8038173515	sonnet	14 line poem	85
8038173516	stanza	A group of lines in a poem	86
8038173517	stream of consciousness	private thoughts of a character without commentary	87
8038173518	syllabic verse	Verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of feet per line.	88
8038173519	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	89
8038173520	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	90
8038173521	synesthesia	describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")	91
8038173522	tercet	3 line stanza	92
8038173523	terza rima	a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.	93
8038173524	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	94
8038173525	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	95
8038173526	tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	96
8038173527	truncation	Utilizing a melody with part of the end omitted.	97
8038173528	understandment	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	98
8038173529	verse	A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme	99
8038173530	vilanelle	a nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the other tercets and with both repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain.	100