AP Literature Terms 3 Flashcards

6758143837	connotation	NOT dictionary definition (denotation) but the associations suggested by a word. -Implied meaning rather than literal meaning. EX: "policeman" and "cop" both refer to a police officer EX: "home" refers to a place where you and your family live (connotation to house"	0
6758143838	denotation	The literal, explicit meaning of a word EX: police officer: a person having officer rank on a police force. EX: house: a building in which people live; residence for human beings.	1
6758143839	conflict (internal/external)	internal: psychological struggle within the mind of a character whose resolution generally creates the plots suspense EX: Should I eat the last cookie or not? external: struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character which drives the action of the plot EX:Harry Potter and Voldemort	2
6758143840	diction	Word choice -describe the type of diction when writing EX: medical diction: The patient has experienced acute trauma to the right femur, and must have surgery stat. (The patient has hurt their right upper leg bone and needs surgery.) EX: conversational diction: "What's Up? ("How are you?")	3
6758143841	didactic	term used to describe fiction, nonfiction or poetry that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking EX: Aesop's Fables EX: Northanger Abbey (Jane Austin)	4
6758143842	euphemism	A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts. -Sometimes used for political correctness. EX: "Physically challenged," in place of "crippled." -to exaggerate correctness to add humor. EX: "Vertically challenged" in place of "short."	5
6758143843	extended metaphor	when the metaphor is continued later in the written work. EX: If I continued to call my feet "my popsicles" in later paragraphs EX: if her ears continue to be as "red as as a tomato" later on -particularly elaborate extended metaphor is called using conceit. EX: fit as a fiddle	6
6758143844	figurative language	the opposite of "Literal Language (writing that makes complete sense when you take it at face value) -writing that is not meant to be taken literally EX: personification: the teddy bear smiled as the little girl hugged it close. EX: simile: the sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky	7
6758143845	figure of speech	type of figurative language that means something aside from its literal meaning EX: alliteration: sally sells sea shells by the sea shore EX: hyperbole: it cost a billion dollars	8
6758143846	genre	The major category into which a literary work fits: prose, poetry, and drama. -subdivided as well EX: poetry can be classified into lyric, dramatic, narrative, etc. EX: prose can be classified into fiction and nonfiction	9