AP Literature Terms 2 Flashcards

6667817714	anaphora	the regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of two or more successive phrases or clauses.	0
6667817715	chiasmus	a reversal in the word order of words in two otherwise parallel sentences	1
6667817716	apostrophe	the direct address to an absent or dead person, or to an object, quality, or idea.	2
6667817717	hyperbole	a rhetorical figure in which emphasis is achieved through exaggeration	3
6667817718	metaphor	figurative language that describes something as though it actually were something else	4
6667817719	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole (ex. all hands on deck)	5
6667817720	onomatopoeia	the use of words that sound like a noise	6
6667817721	paradox	a statement or expression so surprisingly self-contradictory but ends up being true on some level	7
6667817722	parallelism	the use of similar grammatical structures or word order.	8
6667817723	personification	the use of human characteristics to describe animals, things, or ideas.	9
6667817724	point of view	the perspective that a narrator takes toward the events it describes	10
6667817725	protagonist	the central character in a story	11
6667817726	pun	a witty word-play which reveals that words with different meanings have similar or even identical sounds	12
6667817727	satire	writing that ridicules or holds up to contempt the faults of individuals or groups	13
6667817728	polysyndeton	the repetition of conjunctions in a sentence	14
6667817729	asyndeton	the omission of conjunctions in a sentence	15
6667817730	archetype	a symbol found in many cultures	16
6667817731	dramatic irony	a situation where the audience knows something that the characters on stage are not aware of	17
6667817732	allusion	a reference to a piece of literature, character, historical figure that the author assumes the reader will recognize	18
6667817733	dramatic climax	the turning point in a Shakespearean tragedy where the action turns against the protagonist	19
6667817734	diction	the word choices made by a writer	20
6667817735	didactic	having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing	21
6667817736	flat (static) character	a character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story	22
6667817737	dynamic (round) character	a character who undergoes a change or transformation in the course of a story	23
6667817738	exposition	the beginning portion of Freytag's pyramid where the background information, characters and setting are introduced	24
6667817739	rising action	Events leading up to the climax	25
6667817740	denouement (catastrophe)	The final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work or the outcome of a complicated sequence of events	26
6667817741	omniscient narrator	a narrator who is able to know, see, and tell all, including the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters	27
6667817742	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	28
6667817743	tone	A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.	29
6667817744	deus ex machina	an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel	30