AP Literature King Lear Review Flashcards

6187366369	strophe	the first section of a Greek choral ode or a division of it	0
6187366370	antistrophe	the second section of a Greek choral ode or a division of it	1
6187366371	episode	a major section of the play	2
6187366372	stasimon	A section performed by the orchestra that requires dancing, singing, or chanting	3
6187366373	chorus	A collection of people who commented on the action of the play with son, dance, and chanting	4
6187366374	catharsis	End or goal of a tragic work. Literally means to vomit emotions	5
6187366375	hamartia	A major flaw of a character	6
6187366376	hubris	A common characteristic of characters in Greek tragedies. It means arrogant or insolent.	7
6187366377	stichomythia	The swift one line interchanges between characters in dialogue.	8
6187366378	prologue	A speech that is given before the start of the main plot of the play	9
6187366379	parados	An entrance on either side of a Greek theater	10
6187366380	exodus	The final scene, departure, or exit in a tragedy	11
6187366381	kommos	A lamenting song in Greek tragedy that is usually sung by a main character and the chorus.	12
6187366382	ode	A song that is typically accompanied by a dance	13
6187366383	protagonist	The main "hero" figure in the play, regardless of how flawed	14
6187366384	antagonist	The opposing force in the play	15
6187366385	dithyramb	An ode that is sung or chanted in order to honor Dionysus	16
6187366386	trilogy	Three plays that were prepared for the Greek drama festivals	17
6187366387	satyr	A play that typically followed the trilogy where the plot is comical in order to lighten the mood after the three tragedies	18
6187366388	muthos	A tragic plot	19
6187366389	mimesis	A representation of life, or the plot of a work	20
6187366390	peripeteia	The reversal of a situation	21
6187366391	anagnorisis	A dramatic realization or recognition of something	22
6187366392	pathos	Suffering that a character endures	23
6187366393	melos	A melody in a song	24
6187403581	parallelism	the use of similar verbal structure in succession in poetry or prose	25
6187412181	repetition	the repeated use of the same words or phrases in order to emphasize an idea's importance or make it more clear	26
6187422249	rhetorical questions	when a character asks themselves a question when the answer is obvious. This is to emphasize a point or make an idea more clear.	27
6187435239	metaphor	a comparison between two ideas without using like or as.	28
6187441475	apostrophe	a figure of speech that is used to detach a character from him or herself and address an imaginary character in their speech.	29
6187459511	self-address	when a character says something to him or herself	30
6187463746	alliteration	a repeated consonant sound in words or a phrase of words that are closely connected.	31
6187471429	pun	a joke that exploits the different meanings of a word or two words that sound the same, but have different meanings.	32
6187487944	simile	a comparison using like or as	33
6187492076	foil characters	two characters that are opposites of each other.	34
6187496028	stock characters	a stereotypical character that an audience can recognize, and often becomes the target of cliches or criticisms.	35
6187511358	motif	an idea, picture, or symbol that is repeated throughout a work	36
6187514182	paradox	an absurd or contradictory statement that upon further investigation is found to be true.	37
6187525489	allusions	references to things outside of the literary work	38
6187532224	aside	when a characters says something that is not supposed to be heard by the other character(s) on stage	39
6187540711	comic relief	a humorous interlude in a serious work of literature	40
6187546165	conflict	a struggle between two opposing forces	41
6187549292	foil	opposite	42
6187550920	idiom	a set expression or phrase of two or more words.	43
6187561902	inciting incident	the decision that starts a story's problem. When the events become the story and not the backstory.	44
6187572273	juxtaposition	two things placed, said, or seen close together that are contrasting to each other.	45
6187582629	oxymoron	when two contradictory words are placed together in the same phrase.	46
6187586824	paraphrase	a summary	47
6187589216	reversal	when a situation is the exact opposite of how it started or once was.	48
6187594756	soliloquy	a speech that is spoken REGARDLESS of who else might hear.	49
6187608962	irony	when something happens that is the opposite of what is expected.	50
6187612305	couplet	when two rhyming lines are placed after each other: Jimmy is a man Who has a clever plan	51
6187622893	blank verse	when there is no rhyming structure, such as unrhymed iambic pentameter	52
6187638046	rhyming verse	when lines have a rhyming structure. The most common form is rhymed iambic pentameter	53
6187641641	antithesis	a person or thing that is the direct opposite of another thing	54