AP Literature Terms Flashcards

7275182013	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
7275182014	alliteration	beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words	1
7275182015	allusion	indirect of passing reference	2
7275182016	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
7275182017	antagonist	a hostile person who is opposed to another character	4
7275182018	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	5
7275182019	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	6
7275182020	flat character	story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic	7
7275182021	round character	character who has complex personality: contradicted person	8
7275182022	dynamic character	changes throughout the story, through major conflict	9
7275182023	static character	person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality	10
7275182024	characterization	,	11
7275182025	climax	point where conflict hits its highest point	12
7275182026	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	13
7275182027	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	14
7275182028	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	15
7275182029	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	16
7275182030	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	17
7275182031	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	18
7275182032	denouement	final outcome of the story	19
7275182033	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	20
7275182034	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	21
7275182035	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	22
7275182036	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	23
7275182037	dramatic irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	24
7275182038	irony of situation	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	25
7275182039	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	26
7275182040	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	27
7275182041	motivation	A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior	28
7275182042	narrator	Person telling the story	29
7275182043	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	30
7275182044	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	31
7275182045	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	32
7275182046	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	33
7275182047	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	34
7275182048	plot	Sequence of events in a story	35
7275182049	omniscient point of view	The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person.	36
7275182050	third person limited point of view	narrator tells the story from only one character's pov	37
7275182051	first person point of view	a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself	38
7275182052	objective point of view	a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.	39
7275182053	protagonist	Main character	40
7275182054	quatrain	A four line stanza	41
7275182055	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	42
7275182056	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	43
7275182057	stream of consciousness	private thoughts of a character without commentary	44
7275182058	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	45
7275182059	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	46
7275182060	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	47
7275182061	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	48
7275182062	tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	49
7275182063	understatement	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	50