AP Literature Vocab Flashcards

7242873001	Allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning	0
7242873002	Alliteration	Repetition of consonant sounds	1
7242873003	Allusion	an indirect reference	2
7242873004	Antagonist	A character or force in conflict with the main character	3
7242873005	Aside	A short remark or set of lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience	4
7242873006	blank verse	unrhymed iambic pentameter	5
7242873007	Cacophony	A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds	6
7242873008	Caesura	A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line.	7
7242873009	Catharsis	Emotional release	8
7242873010	Character	A person in a story	9
7242887536	Climax	Most exciting moment of the story; turning point	10
7242887537	Comic relief	A humorous scene or speech intended to lighten the mood	11
7242887538	Conflict	A struggle between opposing forces	12
7242887539	Connotation	an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.	13
7242887540	Convention	practice widely observed in a group; custom; accepted technique or device	14
7242887541	Couplet	Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme	15
7242887542	Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word	16
7242888511	Denouement	an outcome; result	17
7242888512	deus ex machina	In literature, the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem.	18
7242888513	Diction	word choice	19
7242909500	dramatic monologue	when a single speaker in literature says something to a silent audience	20
7242909502	Elegy	a sad or mournful poem	21
7242909503	Epic	A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds	22
7242909504	Epigram	witty comment	23
7242909505	Euphony	beautiful sound	24
7242909506	Exposition	a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.	25
7242909507	Fable	A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters	26
7242909508	figurative language	Figures of speech used to make meaning clearer	27
7242909509	Flashback	present action is temporarily interrupted so that past events can be described	28
7242911424	Foreshadowing	a warning or indication of a future event	29
7243831139	Hyperbole	exaggeration	30
7243831140	Image	A word or phrase representing that which can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled, or felt.	31
7243831141	Imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	32
7243831142	Irony	the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning	33
7243831143	lyric poetry	A short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings	34
7243831144	Magical realism	A literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy.	35
7243842069	Metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	36
7243842070	Metonymy	association name	37
7286652164	monologue	A long speech made by one performer or by one person in a group.	38
7286656095	motif	A recurring theme, subject or idea	39
7286658072	narrative poem	a poem that tells a story	40
7286660261	ode	a lyric poem that expresses strong emotions about life	41
7286663158	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	42
7286664320	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	43
7286666236	parable	A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson	44
7286666248	paradox	a contradiction or dilemma	45
7286668120	parallel plot	tells two stories of equal importance, moving from one to the other and back again.	46
7286704302	parody	a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner	47
7286704303	pathos	appeal to emotion	48
7286705823	personification	the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea	49
7286708181	plot	Sequence of events in a story	50
7286712270	point of view	The perspective from which a story is told	51
7286714007	protagonist	Main character	52
7286715048	quatrain	A four line stanza	53
7286716155	resolution	End of the story where loose ends are tied up	54
7286716156	rhetorical	relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression	55
7286721925	question	A statement that requires an answer.	56