AP Literature Review Terms Flashcards

9277601701	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
9277601702	alliteration	beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words	1
9277601703	allusion	indirect of passing reference	2
9277601704	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
9277601705	antagonist	a hostile person who is opposed to another character	4
9277601706	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	5
9277601707	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	6
9277601708	flat character	story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic	7
9277601709	round character	character who has complex personality: contradicted person	8
9277601710	dynamic character	changes throughout the story, through major conflict	9
9277601711	static character	person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality	10
9277601712	characterization	process of revealing characters personality	11
9277601713	climax	point where conflict hits its highest point	12
9277601714	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	13
9277601715	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	14
9277601716	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	15
9277601717	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	16
9277601718	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	17
9277601719	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	18
9277601720	denouement	final outcome of the story	19
9277601721	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	20
9277601722	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	21
9277601723	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	22
9277601724	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	23
9277601725	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
9277601726	irony of situation	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	25
9277601727	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	26
9277601728	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	27
9277601729	motivation	A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior	28
9277601730	narrator	Person telling the story	29
9277601731	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	30
9277601732	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	31
9277601733	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	32
9277601734	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	33
9277601735	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	34
9277601736	plot	Sequence of events in a story	35
9277601737	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
9277601738	third person limited point of view	narrator tells the story from only one character's pov	37
9277601739	first person point of view	a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself	38
9277601740	objective point of view	a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.	39
9277601741	protagonist	Main character	40
9277601742	quatrain	A four line stanza	41
9277601743	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	42
9277601744	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	43
9277601745	stream of consciousness	private thoughts of a character without commentary	44
9277601746	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	45
9277601747	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	46
9277601748	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	47
9277601749	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	48
9277601750	tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	49
9277601751	understatement	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	50