AP WORDs/TERMs Flashcards

8864088222	apostrophe	figure of speech that directly expresses an absent or imaginary person or abstraction	0
8864098539	slant rhyme	A rhyming sound that is not exact.	1
8864103448	terza rima	A three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc.	2
8864118614	rhyme royal	a seven-line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc	3
8864121078	ode	a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject	4
8864132468	ardour/ardor	passion, enthusiasm	5
8864137078	abhor	to detest; to hate strongly	6
8864147113	verisimilitude	the appearance of being true or real	7
8864147116	veracity	truthfulness	8
8864148958	bildungsroman	coming of age story	9
8864153588	conceit	an extended metaphor/simile that is surprising or uncommon	10
8864161027	metaphysical poetry	+Concerned with the fundamental problems of the nature of the universe/man's function or place in life +the work of poets, particularly those of the seventeenth century, that implies elaborate conceits +discusses philosophy of knowledge and existence	11
8864175323	sonnet	14 lines of iambic pentameter	12
8864180466	iambic	unstressed, stressed	13
8864184398	trochaic	stressed, unstressed	14
8864184402	alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds	15
8864186267	allusion	A reference to another work of literature, person, or event	16
8864191195	Petrarchan sonnet	Italian sonnet octave (8 lines) rhyming abbaabba, followed by sestet (6 lines) rhyming cdecde	17
8864202142	Shakespearean Sonnet	a sonnet form divided into three quatrains and one couplet; also called an English sonnet ABAB CDCD EFEF GG	18
8864212414	capricious	given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior	19
8864215087	benevolent	kindly, charitable	20
8864219148	archetype	a very typical example of a certain person or thing	21
8864308684	ballad	a type of poem that is meant to be sung and is both lyric and narrative in nature	22
8864313579	metonymy	replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated	23
8864320333	synecdoche	using a part of something to represent the whole thing	24
8864333340	volta	the turn of thought or argument in a sonnet	25
8864340172	blank verse	unrhymed iambic pentameter	26
8864350051	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	27
8864354543	pastoral poem	a poem that deals with idealized rural life	28
8864360972	foot	A metrical unit composed of stressed and unstressed syllables (2-3syllables).	29
8864368845	meter	A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	30
8864371410	form	fixed metrical arrangement	31
8864378494	free verse	poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter	32
8864383440	enjambment	the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.	33
8864385722	end stopped	A line of poetry that ends with a punctuation mark	34
8864389615	caesura	A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line.	35
8864394037	circumspect	careful, cautious	36
8864398216	quasi	somewhat	37
8864401705	paradox	an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth	38
8864404468	ethos	credibility	39
8864404469	pathos	Appeal to emotion	40
8864407045	logos	Appeal to logic	41
8864411356	debilitate	impair the strength of; weaken	42
8864415335	countenance	facial expression	43
8864419237	fastidious	giving and careful attention to detail	44
8864430704	vignettes	brief descriptive sketches; short stories; anecdotes	45
8864532894	didactic	intended to instruct	46
8864536647	amiable	(adj.) friendly, good-natured	47
8864538351	malevolent	spiteful, showing ill will	48
8864544679	irony	a contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens	49
8864550161	hyperbole	exaggeration	50
8869136553	synecdoche	referring to a violin as "strings" is an example of...	51
8869149689	diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words	52
8869161524	alliteration	"beaded bubbles winking at the brim" (Keats) is an example of...	53
8869198616	epithet	Term replacing a name/thing (used to characterize). Ex. "Jack the Ripper"	54
8869211503	epigram	short, witty statement, graceful and ingenious	55
8869630352	miser	one who saves greedily	56
8869707035	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	57
8869720764	quatrain	4 line stanza	58
8869720767	tercet	3 line stanza	59
8869729314	couplet	two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme (usually)	60
8869775422	allegory	+A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions +A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself.	61
8869790376	antithesis	the direct opposite, a sharp contrast	62
8869798103	juxtapose	to place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast	63
8869802502	vile	disgusting	64
8869802504	fiend	evil spirit; devil	65
8869806103	colloquial	pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational	66
8869815678	repartee	quick, witty conversation	67
8869824192	fallibility	capable of making a mistake/being wrong	68
8869847510	terza rima	aba bcb cdc etc.	69
8869852644	Spenserian sonnet	abab bcbc cdcd ee	70
8869953116	static character	A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end	71
8870005430	dynamic character	A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action	72
8870005434	flat character	A character who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics	73
8870009910	round character	this character is fully developed and complex - the writer reveals good and bad traits as well as background	74
8870017308	foil character	a character's whose main purpose is to highlight the strengths of another character	75
8870871741	syntax	the manner in which words are arranged into sentences	76
9806589146	motif	a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work	77
9806601465	theme	A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader. Central idea of a work of literature	78
9806614979	abstract	theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational	79
9806614980	concrete	existing in a material or physical form; real or solid; not abstract.	80
9806623451	ambiguity	multiple meanings--- The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.	81
9806639897	mood	Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader	82
9806643068	tone	the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.	83
9806661578	pedantic	adjective that describes words, phrases, or a general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.	84
9806678122	synesthesia	describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")	85
9806685950	bathos	insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to evoke pity	86
9806690150	dissonance	harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds	87
9806692546	litotes	understatement	88
9806713668	direct characterization	Author directly describes character	89
9806719678	indirect characterization	we find out about characters indirectly through thoughts, comments, or actions of the characters	90
9806752856	tragic flaw	the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall	91
9806756665	character motivation	an emotion, desire, physiological need, or similar impulse that acts as an incitement to action for a character.	92
9806761475	anti-hero	a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)	93
9806767086	aside	a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage	94
9806767087	colloquial	conversational	95
9806770561	diction	word choice	96
9806773444	euphemism	Substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for a harsh, blunt, or offensive one.	97
9806780333	Figure of speech	Broadly, any way of saying something other than the ordinary way; more narrowly, a way of saying on thing and meaning another.	98
9806786858	monologue	a dramatic soliloquy	99
9806790821	soliloquy	A device often used in drama where by a character relates his or her thoughts and feelings to him/herself and to the audience without addressing any of the other characters.	100
9806794595	pun	A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.	101
9806806098	sarcasm	bitter or cutting speech	102
9806813309	understatement	the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.	103
9806822425	denouement	(resolution) conclusion of the story.	104
9806825349	exposition	The part of a play (usually at the beginning) that provides the background information needed to understand the characters and actions.	105
9806829441	First Person	"I" and "Me" standpoint. Personal perspective.	106
9806833013	flashback	when a portion of the story goes back in time	107
9806833014	flashforward	A part of the plot that jumps ahead in time and returns to the present	108
9806835965	in medias res	in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things	109
9806848954	limited omniscient	A third person who reports only the thoughts of only one character and what he sees.	110
9806854619	stream of consciousness	A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.	111
9806858460	unreliable narrator	a narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty, misleadingly biased, or otherwise distorted	112
9806861831	objective POV	the narrator knows or appears to know no more than the reader	113
9806868532	omniscient POV	all-knowing speaker shares the actions, thoughts, and dialogue of all characters	114
9806874006	frame narrative	a story within a story	115
9806881337	anticlimax	abrupt decline from the dignified or important to the trivial or ludicrous; comedown; bathos	116
9806896431	comic relief	A humorous scene or speech intended to lighten the mood	117
9806896432	dilemma	a situation in which a character must choose between two courses of action, both undesirable.	118
9806901140	deus ex machina	an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation	119
9806915869	inversion	reversal in order, nature, or effect.	120
9806922239	aversion	firm dislike	121
9806926485	suspension of disbelief	occurs when you surrender doubts about the reality of a story and become caught up in the story	122
9806937791	connotation	the implied or associative meaning of a word	123
9806940898	denotation	the dictionary definition of a word	124
9806945703	extended figure	a figure of speech (usually metaphor, simile, personification, or apostrophe) sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem.	125
9806956915	parallel structure	the repetition of phrases, clauses, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure	126
9806964857	assonance	Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity	127
9806964858	consonance	Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.	128
9806974280	ballad meter	stanzas formed of quatrains of iambs, alternating between tetrameter and trimeter.	129
9806985440	dactyl	a foot of one accented and two unaccented syllables	130
9806988376	anapest	foot consisting of two unaccented syllables followed by one accented	131
9806998743	end rhyme	Rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry	132
9807003946	heroic couplet	Poems constructed by a sequence of two lines of (usually rhyming) verse in iambic pentameter.	133
9807013214	internal rhyme	rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end	134
9807024322	tetrameter	four feet per line	135
9807024323	pentameter	five feet per line	136
9807032795	Shift	In writing, a movement from one thought, tone or idea to another; a change.	137
9807046008	villanelle	a nineteen-line poem divided into five tercets and a final quatrain	138
9807058886	gothic	of the middle ages; of or relating to a mysterious, grotesque, and desolate style of fiction	139
9807058887	fable	A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters	140