AP Literature Quarterly #2 Flashcards

3688331553	Plot	Sequence of events in a story	0
3688331554	Symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.	1
3688331555	In Medias Res	A Latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point.	2
3688331996	Protagonist	Main character	3
3688331997	Foil	A character who is in most ways opposite to the main character (protagonist) or one who is nearly the same as the protagonist. The purpose of the foil character is to emphasize the traits of the main character by contrast only	4
3688331998	Denoument	the resolution of the conflict in a story's plot; a final outcome	5
3688333654	Flashbacks	Events in the story are interrupted for events that took place in an earlier time	6
3688333655	Dramatic Irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	7
3688333853	Tragedy	Translates "Goat Song" related to the festivals of Dionysus	8
3688333854	Muse	9 daughters of Zeus, Homer was inspired by them - entities to inspire	9
3688334252	Deus Ex Machina	an incidence where an implausible concept or character is brought into the story in order to make the conflict in the story resolve and to bring about a pleasing solution boo radley --> jem	10
3688334501	Aristotle's Unities	Unity of action, unity of place, unity of time	11
3688334502	Catharsis	The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions	12
3688334871	Soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	13
3688334872	Onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	14
3688335894	Rhetoric	Effective writing or speaking	15
3688336175	Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word	16
3688336176	Connotation	All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests	17
3688336366	Scansion	Analysis of verse into metrical patterns	18
3688336367	Tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	19
3688336618	Stanza	A group of lines in a poem	20
3688336850	Stichic	A poem which is a continuous sequence of lines without any division into stanzas	21
3688336851	Strophic	Describes a song where the stanzas are all sung to the same music	22
3688336852	Hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	23
3688337041	Turn	turns/shifts (and, yet, for, but, nor, etc.)	24
3688337042	Allusion	A reference	25
3688337430	Caesura	a break between words within a metrical foot	26
3688344605	Sonnet	Square, 14 line poem	27
3688345017	Two Types of Sonnets	1. Pertrachean sonnet - it is divided into an octave (8 lines) and a sestet (6 lines). The rhyme scheme for the octave is ABBA ABBA, for the sestet it is CDE CDE or CDCDCD. The octave introduces the topic or problem, the sestet provides a solution or comment on it. 2. Shakespearean sonnet - it has three quatrains (4 lines) and a concluding couplet. The quatrains introduce the topic and the couplet provides a solution or conclusion. It is usually written in iambic pentameter. The rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF for the quatrains and GG for the couplet.	28