AP Literature Flashcards

Literary Terms List 9/29/17

7535990819	Complex, Dense	These two terms carry the similar meaning of suggesting that there is more than one possibilty in the meaning of words	0
7535990820	Conflict	The primary source of tension within a story often divided into four categories	1
7535990821	Conceit	In poetry, conceit doesn't mean stuck up, it refers to a startling or unusual metaphor or to a metaphor developed and expanded upon over several lines	2
7535990822	Connotation	The range of further associations that a word or phrase suggest in addition to the primary dictionary meaning	3
7535990823	Couplet	Pair of lines in verse that form a unit; there are several types, for example, the heroic, open, end-stopped, and most notably, those that appear at the end of Shakespearean sonnets which form the last two lines and rhyme with each other	4
7535990824	Denotation	The accepted meaning of a word	5
7535990825	Denouement	The resolution, solving, undoing of a central "problem" or complications of the story	6
7535990826	Dialect	Variation of punctuation and usage within the standard form of speech; typically based on regional, cultural, or social class differences. Aka vernacular	7
7535990827	Dirge	A song for the dead. It's tone is typically slow, heavy, and melancholy	8
7535990828	Dissonance	The granting of incompatible sounds, similar to cacophony	9
7535990829	Dramatic Irony	When the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not	10
7535990830	Dramatic Monolouge	Speech in which the character speaks to a silent audience of one or more	11
7554761438	Convention	An established practice use by authors of literary works. Involves technique, style, structure, or subject matter; partially essential to poetry and literature, which depend on such conventions as rhyme or the genre conventions of short stories	12
7554761439	Diction	The choice of words used in literary work. The writing can be characterized by such features as archaism, profanity, slang, three expressions or vulgarity	13
7554776450	Consonance	agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions.	14