Ap Lit Terms Literature Terms Flashcards

9855096233	antagonist	Character that is a source of conflict. (The opponent or enemy of the main character, or protagonist.)	0
9855096234	protagonist	the character that is trying to solve the problem of the story	1
9855096235	figurative language	language that represents one thing in terms of something dissimilar(not like itself): simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, and symbols are figurative language	2
9855096236	irony	the difference between reality and perception	3
9855096237	dramatic irony	when the reader or audience knows something a character does not	4
9855096238	situational irony	when there is a disparity between what is expected and what actually occurs (When something happens that is the reverse of what you expected.)	5
9855096239	verbal irony	When a speaker says one thing but means the opposite. (When the name or description of something implies the opposite of the truth. For example: calling a very tall person "Tiny.")	6
9855096240	personification	figure of speech in which non-human things are given human characteristics. (ex: The flowers held their heads sadly toward the ground after the heavy rain.)	7
9855096241	plot	The sequence of events in a literary work	8
9855096242	climax	The turning point in a literary work. (The point in a play, novel, short story, or narrative poem at which the conflict reaches its greatest intensity and is then resolved.)	9
9855096243	setting	the time and place of a literary work (story)	10
9855096244	theme	The underlying main idea of a literary work (A story's main message or moral.)	11
9855096245	alliteration	repetition of the initial consonant sound of words ex. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."	12
9855096246	allusion	a reference to something well-known that exists outside the literary work	13
9855096247	diction	word choice to create a specific effect	14
9855096248	simile	the direct comparison of dissimilar objects, usually USING "like" or "as" ex. I wondered lonely as a cloud.	15
9855096249	metaphor	The comparison between two different things without using the words "like" or "as." ex: She is a brick house.	16
9855096250	implied metaphor	a comparison between dissimilar object WITHOUT directly stated the two things to be compared ex. She is solid and concrete.	17
9855096251	extended metaphor	makes a comparison that lasts more than one line or sentence Ex. She is a brick house; she is mightly mightly, she is sold and concrete, someone to trust.	18
9855096252	imagery	language that appeals to the five senses	19
9855096253	onomatopoeia	use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning: hiss	20
9855096254	repetition	repetition is often used by a writer to emphasize a point or to draw attention to a point of view	21