AP Literature Terminology 1 Flashcards

7362127515	Allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning	0
7362133436	Allusion	a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art	1
7362143078	Anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person	2
7362143079	Cacophony	a harsh, conflicting mixture of sounds	3
7362145633	Euphony	A harmonious blending of sounds	4
7362145634	Genre	a sub-category of literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter	5
7362147931	Imagery	the formation of mental images or figures collectively	6
7362151933	Mood	a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions	7
7362151934	Prose	a form of language that has no formal metrical structure, that sounds natural and uses normal grammatical structure	8
7362154253	Theme	the main idea in a form of literature	9
7362154254	Tone	the writer's attitude toward a subject	10
7362154255	Symbol	a device where an object represents an idea	11
7362157266	Verse	a single line of poetry	12
7362157267	Voice	the form or a format through which narrators tell their stories	13
7362160506	Exposition	literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers	14
7362160507	Conflict	literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers	15
7362162645	Rising Action	a series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest and tension in a narrative that leads up to the climax	16
7362162646	Climax	the most intense, exciting, or important point of a story	17
7362164811	Falling Action	the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved	18
7362168139	Denouement	the resolution of the issue of a complicated plot in fiction	19