AP English Literature and Composition Crash Course Ch 6 Literary Terms Flashcards

7427996405	allusion	a reference to something in previous literature, history, or culture that adds to or emphasizes a theme of the work	0
7427996406	allegory	a narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning (ex Animal Farm)	1
7427996407	anecdote	a clever little story; a short account of an interesting situation	2
7427996408	anti hero	a protagonist whose attributes are opposite of what is expected of heroes	3
7427996409	archetype	a symbol the recurs often enough in literature over time to be easily recognizable; character types that are common	4
7427996410	atmosphere	the emotional quality of a setting	5
7427996411	epiphany	a moment of insight, spiritual or personal; a character's sudden revelation about life or his or her own circumstances	6
7427996412	eulogy	a speech given at the memorial or funeral service in remembrance of one who has died	7
7427996413	extended metaphor	a detailed or complex metaphor that is evident throughout a work	8
7427996414	foil	a character who posses traits that emphasize the characteristics and qualities of another character, either by being similar to or opposite from that character	9
7427996415	imagery	language that appeals to the senses; 7 types	10
7427996416	invocation	a prayer or statement that calls for help from a god or goddess	11
7427996417	irony	a discrepancy between appearance and reality; 3 types	12
7427996418	metaphor	compares two generally dissimilar things in order to show something new or to help readers see something in a new way	13
7427996419	mood	the dominant tone in a piece of literature; typically the emotional quality of a scene or setting	14
7427996420	motif	a recurring element, an image or idea, in a work of literature, whose repetition emphasizes some aspect of the work	15
7427996421	parable	a short tale that teaches through example; often teach a moral lesson	16
7427996422	paradox	a situation or statement containing contradictory elements which nonetheless seem plausible or true	17
7427996423	parody	a work of satire where the author imitates the language and form of another work to ridicule the author or work	18
7427996424	soliloquy	(primarily found in Shakespeare's plays) a monologue, one character on stage, or in the spotlight, who relates his/her plight	19
7427996425	symbol	a person, place, thing, or idea that represents something else	20
7427996426	syntax	the order of words in a sentence that results in various sentence types used for a variety of rhetorical effects	21
7427996427	tone	the speaker or narrator's attitude towards someting or the emotional quality of a passage	22
7427996428	verisimilitude	the quality in literature of being true to life; details seem realistic and believable, even if the setting is supernatural	23
7427996429	vernacular	the ordinary, everyday speech of a region	24
7427996430	catharsis	a purging of emotion, experienced by audiences especially through the pity they feel when witnessing the tragic heroe's fall from grace	25
7427996431	chorus	a group of characters in a play who comment on, but do not participate in, the action	26
7427996432	hamartia	a tragic flaw; an unwitting error in judgment	27
7427996433	hubris	excessive pride	28
7427996434	tragedy	typically a drama in which a tragic hero experiences a fall from noble stature	29
7427996435	tragic hero	a person of greater than normal stature who falls from grace due to a tragic flaw or pride	30
7427996436	Bildungsroman or coming-of-age novel	the protagonist is a child whose experiences teach him or her about the realities of the adult world	31
7427996437	dystopian novel	presents readers with an apparent perfect (Utopian) society where human life is somehow diminished	32
7427996438	gothic novel	characterized by dark, mysterious setting; has supernatural elements, especially ghosts	33
7427996439	historical novel	story is immersed in historical events; characters interact with history	34
7427996440	novella	prose fiction longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel	35
7427996441	novel of manners	the author details the social customs of an era and/or the social behaviors of a particular social group	36
7427996442	picaresque novel	an episodic novel starring a picaro or rogue (a person of low social status) who wanders or has adventures	37
7427996443	social novel / social commentary	concerned with the effect of societal institutions and social conditions of humanity	38
7427996444	utopian novel	presents an ideal (perfect) society free from typical social problems	39
7427996445	epistolary novel	consists of letters written by one or more characters	40