AP Literature Terms Flashcards

4889880110	allusion	enables writers to simplify complex ideas example: "you are no Einstein"	0
4889882201	dialect	a language distinguished by grammar, punctuation, etc. example: we's safe, Huck, we's safe ! Jump up and crack yo' heels"	1
4889882202	connotation	emotional associations connected with a word example: dog: companion, family member, threat, guard	2
4889885495	denotation	a literal meaning of a word example:	3
4889886981	symbolism	A thing that represents something else. Usually something physical that represents something more abstract.	4
4889890759	alliteration	The repetition of initial consonant sounds	5
4889892518	theme	The central idea of a work of literature.	6
8486993694	exposition	First part of a short story Introduces the character, setting, and plot	7
8486997126	protagonist	Main ch Ch who pushes the plot forward Not always the good guy	8
8486998942	antagonist	Ch who goes against the prot Ch who gets in the prot way	9
8487003147	plot	what the story is about	10
8487004311	setting	when and where the story	11
8487006777	rising action	Second part of a short story This is where the plot develops and Conflict occurs	12
8487009182	conflict	problems	13
8487011841	internal conflict	Conflict inside a ch own heart and mind.	14
8487014081	external conflict	Conflict outside the ch with someone else or something else Getting into a fight or argument Being trapped in a snowstorm or a flood	15
8487016952	climax	Third part of a short story Highest point Conflict is resolved (not necessarily solved, but resolved). ALWAYS OCCURS AT THE END OF A STORY	16
8487020301	falling action	Fourth part of a short story Events that take place after the climax and before the resolution. NOT all stories have FA	17
8487021748	resolution	Fifth part of a short story The end	18
8487023809	characterization	The process of creating and developing a ch	19
8487031015	dynamic character	Ch changes thru the story *dynamite	20
8487031016	static character	Ch who stays the same	21
8487032907	round character	Ch has many personality traits We know a lot about them	22
8487032908	flat character	Ch with only a few personality traits Although they are imp to the story, we know little about them	23
8487035676	figurative language	Words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation	24
8487037253	simile	Comparing two UNLIKE things using like or as	25
8487049365	metaphor	Comparing two UNLIKE things without using like or as. Turning one thing into something else.	26
8487049366	extended metaphor	Using a metaphor that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem	27
8487050562	personificacion	Giving human qualities to something non-human.	28
8487050563	hyperbole	Exaggeration.	29
8487063443	anaphora	The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences or phrases.	30
8487063444	alliteration	The repetition of initial consonant sounds	31
8487070336	consonance	The repetition of interior or final consonant sounds.	32
8487070337	assonance	The repetition of identical vowel sounds	33
8487077057	oxymoron	Two opposite words put together to create a contradiction	34
8487077058	paradox	Two opposing ideas in a phrase or sentence but each holds truth.	35
8487092159	antithesis	Two opposing ideas in a work	36
8487092160	asyndeton	The omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses.	37
8487098414	polysendeton	Conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or) are used repeatedly in quick succession, often with no commas, even when the conjunctions could be removed.	38
8487098415	theme	The central idea of a work of literature.	39
8487105581	symbol	A thing that represents something else.	40
8487677355	aside	a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard	41
8487681359	soliloquy	an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself	42
8487685522	dramatic monologue	type of poetry written in the form of a speech of an individual character	43
8487694048	CLIMAX	THIRD PART OF A STORY	44
8487696902	FALLING ACTION	FOURTH PART OF A STORY	45
8487700311	RESOLUTION	FIFTH PART OF A STORY	46