AP Literature Terms II Flashcards

7243524845	archetype	an abstract or ideal conception or a type; a perfectly typical example	0
7243524846	dénouement	the resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction	1
7243524847	dramatic irony	a situation where the audience or reader knows more than the characters	2
7243524848	exposition	the background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work	3
7243524849	flashback	a return to an earlier time	4
7243524850	irony	a mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often involving sarcasm	5
7243524851	mood	the emotional tone	6
7243524852	motif	a one-worded theme	7
7243524853	plot	the interrelationship among the events of a story	8
7243524854	realism	depiction without exaggeration	9
7243524855	subplot	a minor collection of events usually tied to the main story	10
7243524856	subtext	the implied meaning that underlies the main meaning	11
7243524857	theme	main idea or meaning	12
7243524858	verbal irony	a discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written/spoken words	13
7243524859	voice	the real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker	14
7243524860	monologue	a long speech by a single person in conversation	15
7243524861	soliloquy	a long speech by a single person to themselves	16
7243524862	aside	a remark by a character in a play to the audience or themselves that is not heard by the other characters	17