AP Literature Flashcards

3710233507	Allegory	a story with a hidden second meaning for a lot of the material	0
3710229321	Artistic Unity	All material of a story helps develop it(no filler)	1
3710246088	Aside	A speech in a play from a character to the audience	2
3710261812	Catharsis	A term by aristotle to describe the audiences reaction at the end of a tradgedy	3
3710260175	Chorus	group of actors speaking in uniscence to convey a message	4
3710228096	Commercial Fiction	Fiction written to gain the taste of a wide audience. The better Literature according to a book hater	5
3710238648	Denouement	Portion of a plot that reveals the outcome or mysteries	6
3710232310	Deus ex machina	When a supernatural figure often from religion fixes everything and saves the day	7
3710255186	Didactic	Writing with a purpose to teach: a moral	8
3710266411	Dramatic Exposition	A revealment of past actions within the story	9
3710235119	Dramatic Irony	Incongruity between what the character thinks and the reader thinks	10
3710236758	Editorialize	Instructions for the reader on how to feel about the story or behavior of a character	11
3710241396	Exposition	comprehensive description of an idea or theory	12
3710249237	Farce	type of comedy but puts more emphasis on the improbable: more violence and physical action	13
3710235118	Fantasy	Story with beyond reality situations	14
3710236760	Foil	the opposition between two characters or plots	15
3710261813	Hamartia	a criminal act committed in ignorance of some material fact or for the greater good.	16
3710261811	Hubris	Extreme pride that leads to downfall	17
3710226990	Literary Fiction	Seriously powerful work that reveals an aspect of life	18
3710249236	Melodrama	Related to a tragedy has a happening which good triumphs evil	19
3710239789	Motifs	A repeated idea similar to a theme	20
3710230925	Objective	Tells story in third person but does not tell us meanings of characters thoughts	21
3710239788	Paradoxical Situation	Something that is possible but if explained are somehow true	22
3710262926	Peripeteia	a reversal of cirumstances	23
3710236759	poeticize	Writing that uses fancy words to alter the readers feelings	24
3710246089	Realistic Drama	Attempts to recreate everyday life within the story	25
3710252135	Romantic Comedy	A truly happy comedy. Characters are saved and everything is happy again	26
3710239790	Satire	Type of literature that ridicules human folly	27
3710253585	Scornful Comedy	A play to ridicule human folly vanity or hypocrisy	28
3710244475	Soliloquy	A character in a play expresses ideas aloud	29
3710233506	Stock Characters	A character that has presumed attributes: Stereotyped	30
3710249234	Tradgedy	opposed to comedy shows events that lead to the downfall of the protagonist	31
3710264364	Tragic Hero	virtuous character destined for downfall	32