AP Literature Review Terms Flashcards

8582982001	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
8582982002	alliteration	beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words	1
8582982003	allusion	indirect of passing reference	2
8582982004	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
8582982005	antagonist	a hostile person who is opposed to another character	4
8582982006	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	5
8582982007	aside	when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage	6
8582982008	blank verse	poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme	7
8582982009	flat character	story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic	8
8582982010	round character	character who has complex personality: contradicted person	9
8582982011	dynamic character	changes throughout the story, through major conflict	10
8582982012	static character	person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality	11
8582982013	characterization	process of revealing characters personality	12
8582982014	climax	point where conflict hits its highest point	13
8582982015	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	14
8582982016	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	15
8582982017	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	16
8582982018	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	17
8582982019	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	18
8582982020	denouement	final outcome of the story	19
8582982021	deus ex machina	resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence	20
8582982022	direct presentation of character	author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story	21
8582982023	end rhyme	rhymes occurring at the end of line	22
8582982024	end stopped line	line ending in regular punctuation	23
8582982025	English sonnet	a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg	24
8582982026	epiphany	when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life	25
8582982027	falling action	Events after the climax, leading to the resolution	26
8582982028	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	27
8582982029	figure of speech	a way of saying something other than the ordinary way	28
8582982030	foot	basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables	29
8582982031	form	external pattern or shape of a poem	30
8582982032	free verse	Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme	31
8582982033	hamartia	tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall	32
8582982034	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	33
8582982035	indirect presentation of character	the personality of a character is revealed by what he or she does or says	34
8582982036	internal rhyme	A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line	35
8582982037	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	36
8582982038	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	37
8582982039	dramatic irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	38
8582982040	irony of situation	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	39
8582982041	italian sonnet	A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd	40
8582982042	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	41
8582982043	meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	42
8582982044	motivation	A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior	43
8582982045	narrator	Person telling the story	44
8582982046	octave	8 line stanza	45
8582982047	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	46
8582982048	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	47
8582982049	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	48
8582982050	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	49
8582982051	paraphrase	A restatement of a text or passage in your own words.	50
8582982052	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	51
8582982053	plot	Sequence of events in a story	52
8582982054	point of view	The perspective from which a story is told	53
8582982055	omniscient point of view	The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person.	54
8582982056	third person limited point of view	narrator tells the story from only one character's pov	55
8582982057	first person point of view	a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself	56
8582982058	objective point of view	a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.	57
8582982059	protagonist	Main character	58
8582982060	quatrain	A four line stanza	59
8582982061	rhythm	A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions.	60
8582982062	rhyme scheme	A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem	61
8582982063	rising action	Events leading up to the climax	62
8582982064	sarcasm	the use of irony to mock or convey contempt	63
8582982065	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	64
8582982066	sestet	6 line stanza	65
8582982067	setting	The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.	66
8582982068	simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	67
8582982069	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	68
8582982070	sonnet	14 line poem	69
8582982071	stanza	A group of lines in a poem	70
8582982072	stream of consciousness	private thoughts of a character without commentary	71
8582982073	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	72
8582982074	tercet	3 line stanza	73
8582982075	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	74
8582982076	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	75
8582982077	tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	76
8582982078	understandment	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	77
8582982079	verse	A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme	78