AP Literature Mini Lesson Vocab. Flashcards

8010175308	Lyric Poetry	poetry that does not necessarily tell a story, have a plot, or follow a logical progression; uses rhyme and rhythm to create an overarching tone/effect	0
8010172709	Epic Poetry	a long, narrative poem that usually follows the life and adventures of a hero	1
8010172710	Dramatic Poetry	poetry that is written with the intention of being performed such as plays or songs	2
8036419113	Realistic fiction	a fictitious account of events that would also be possible in the real world; setting is commonly a real place	3
8036426501	Bildungsroman	a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education; "coming of age" novel; character change and development is most important	4
8036426502	Novella	a fictional narrative prose that is longer than a short story but shorter than an actual novel	5
8036477919	Monologue	a long speech by one character in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program	6
8036481209	Epigram	a short poem or statement, sometimes satirical, having a witty or ingenious ending	7
8036527860	Synecdoche	a figure of speech by which is a part is put for the whole, the whole for a part, the species for the genus, the genus for the species, or the name of the material for the thing made-- purpose is to reduce repetition of a word by substituting it with another word that colloquially has the same meaning	8
8036533080	Metonymy	a figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated-- purpose is to reduce repetition of a word by substituting it with another word that has a close meaning to the original word	9
8052206906	Verbal Irony	when you say one thing but mean something else- overstatement/understatement	10
8052209670	Situational Irony	when the opposite of what is expected to happen occurs	11
8052209671	Dramatic Irony	when the audience is aware of something that the characters are not	12
8052264390	Hyperbole	statements that are exaggerated and are not meant to be taken seriously	13
8052264391	Understatement	presenting something as less important than it actually is	14
8052270483	Paradox	a self-contradictory statement that when explained may prove to be well founded or true; despite the sound and logical reasoning, the conclusion may be senseless	15
8052374248	Apostrophe	when a character in a literary work speaks to an object, an idea, or someone who doesn't exist as if it is a living person	16
8052379080	Anaphora	the repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect	17
8052381616	Antithesis	a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect	18
8052524682	In media res	the practice of beginning an epic or other narrative by plunging into a crucial situation that is part of a related chain of events; the situation is an extension of previous events and will be developed in later action. The narrative then goes directly forward, and exposition of earlier events is supplied by flashbacks	19
8052603751	Parenthetical observation	a brief interruption during which the character or the narrator reflects on a minor point that clarifies the reader's attention	20
8052654802	Iambic	an unstressed syllable; imitates the sound of a heartbeat "So come in let it go, just let it be"	21
8052654803	Anapestic	2 unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable "Oh say can you see, by the dawn's early light"	22
8052659167	Trochaic	a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable "Mary had a little lamb"	23
8052741110	Consonance	refers to the repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or a phrase Ex. the lint was sent with the tent	24
8052757297	Assonance	takes place when two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds Ex. the light of the fire is a sight	25
8052798531	Enjambment	when a phrase, a clause, or a sentence in a line of poetry does not finish at the line break but continues on in the next line	26
8052876116	Caesura	refers to a break or pause in a line of verse Ex. to be or not to be- that is the question	27
8052916756	Initial Caesura	when the pause appears at or neat the beginning of the line	28
8052916757	Medial Caesura	most common type of caesura, a pause in the middle of the line	29
8052920598	Terminal Caesura	a pause appearing at or near the end of the line	30
8052961901	Italian Sonnets	usually involve love; split into two parts- octave (ABBABBA) and sestet (CDECDE); the octave introduces a dilemma while the sestet comments on or provides a solution to the dilemma	31
8052966358	English (Shakespearean) Sonnets	deal with philosophical problem or issue; written in iambic pentameter; rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG; composed in 3 quatrains with a couplet at the end	32
8054338336	Couplet	a pair of successive rhyming lines, usually of the same length	33
8054338337	Tercet	a poetic unit of three lines, usually rhymed	34
8054341076	Quatrain	a four-line stanza, usually rhyming	35
8054341077	Sestet	a six-line stanza, or the final lines of a 14-line Italian or Petrarchan sonnet	36
8054413179	Litotes	ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary Ex. your apartment is not unclean; you are not doing badly at all	37
8054435569	Periphrasis	the use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing Ex. As a matter of fact, the assignment in question is temporarily unavailable due to the secrecy of its location	38
8054462794	Cumulative structure	a sentence which has the base clause at the end of a sentence; has a trailer followed by a base clause; purpose is to clarify or qualify the ideas presented by the main clause Ex. You'll love Six Flags, if you are the type of person that likes roller coasters	39
8054462795	Periodic structure	a sentence with the base clause at the beginning of the sentence; consists of a base clause followed by a trailer; main purpose id to add variety and interest into sentences Ex. If you are the type of person that loves roller coasters, you'll love Six Flags	40
8054548518	Coordination	join dependent clauses to make a compound sentence using these coordinating conjunctions: and, but, for, nor, or, so, and yet	41
8054548519	Subordination	join independent clauses to make complex sentences using these subordinating conjunctions: after, although, as, as if, because, before, even if, even though, if, if only, rather than, since, that, etc.	42
8054603550	1st person point of view	a literary style in which the narrative is told from the perspective of a narrator speaking directly about himself or herself	43
8054603551	2nd person point of view	the grammatical person used by the speaker referring to the one (second person singular) or ones (second person plural) to whom he or she is speaking	44
8054608320	3rd person point of view	narrator relates all the action of their work using a third-person pronoun such as "he" or "she"; limited and omniscient	45
8054610420	3rd person limited	the narrator knows the thoughts/feelings of only one character	46
8054613432	3rd person omniscient	the narrator knows the thoughts/feelings of all characters	47
8054746486	Monometer	one foot per line Ex. "what say?"	48
8054746487	Dimeter	two feet per line Ex. "The dust of snow"	49
8054750877	Trimeter	three feet per line Ex. "The softly breathing song"	50
8054750878	Tetrameter	four feet per line Ex. "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood"	51
8054753396	Pentameter	five feet per line Ex. "Of Englelond, to Canterbury they wende"	52
8054753397	Hexameter	six feet per line Ex. "If hunger, proverbs say, allures the wolf from wood"	53
8054755867	Heptameter	seven feet per line Ex. "The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day"	54
8054848946	Foot	usually contains one stressed syllable and at least one unstressed syllable	55