Bennett's AP Literature Flashcards

8454190899	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
8454190900	alliteration	beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words	1
8454190901	allusion	indirect of passing reference	2
8454190902	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
8454190903	antagonist	a hostile person who is opposed to another character	4
8454190904	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	5
8454190905	approximate rhyme	words in rhyming pattern that sound alike	6
8454190906	aside	when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage	7
8454190907	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	8
8454190908	blank verse	poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme	9
8454190909	cacophony	blend of unharmonious sounds	10
8454190910	caesura	pause in the middle of a line	11
8454190911	catharsis	the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse)	12
8454190912	flat character	story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic	13
8454190913	round character	character who has complex personality: contradicted person	14
8454190914	dynamic character	changes throughout the story, through major conflict	15
8454190915	static character	person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality	16
8454190916	characterization	process of revealing characters personality	17
8454190917	climax	point where conflict hits its highest point	18
8454190918	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	19
8454190919	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	20
8454190920	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	21
8454190921	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	22
8454190922	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	23
8454190923	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	24
8454190924	denouement	final outcome of the story	25
8454190925	deus ex machina	resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence	26
8454190926	didactic writing	writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach	27
8454190930	end rhyme	rhymes occurring at the end of line	28
8454190931	end stopped line	line ending in regular punctuation	29
8454190932	English sonnet	a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg	30
8454190933	epiphany	when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life	31
8454190934	euphony	smooth choice and arrangement of sounds	32
8454190936	falling action	Events after the climax, leading to the resolution	33
8454190937	feminine rhyme	lines rhymed by their final two syllables	34
8454190938	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	35
8454190939	figure of speech	a way of saying something other than the ordinary way	36
8454190940	foot	basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables	37
8454190941	form	external pattern or shape of a poem	38
8454190942	free verse	Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme	39
8454190943	hamartia	tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall	40
8454190944	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	41
8454190946	internal rhyme	A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line	42
8454190947	irony	Language that signifies the opposite of what it usually means.	43
8454190948	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	44
8454190949	dramatic irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	45
8454190950	irony of situation	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	46
8454190951	italian sonnet	A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd	47
8454190952	masculine rhyme	A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable	48
8454190953	melodrama	a play based upon a dramatic plot and developed sensationally	49
8454190954	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	50
8454190955	meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	51
8454190956	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	52
8454190957	motivation	A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior	53
8454190958	narrator	Person telling the story	54
8454190959	octave	8 line stanza	55
8454190960	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	56
8454190961	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	57
8454190962	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	58
8454190963	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	59
8454190964	paraphrase	A restatement of a text or passage in your own words.	60
8454190965	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	61
8454190966	plot	Sequence of events in a story	62
8454190967	point of view	The perspective from which a story is told	63
8454190968	omniscient point of view	The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person.	64
8454190969	third person limited point of view	narrator tells the story from only one character's pov	65
8454190970	first person point of view	a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself	66
8454190971	objective point of view	a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.	67
8454190972	protagonist	Main character	68
8454190973	quatrain	A four line stanza	69
8454190974	rhythm	A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions.	70
8454190975	rhyme scheme	A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem	71
8454190976	rising action	Events leading up to the climax	72
8454190977	sarcasm	the use of irony to mock or convey contempt	73
8454190978	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	74
8454190979	scansion	Analysis of verse into metrical patterns	75
8454190980	sestet	6 line stanza	76
8454190981	setting	The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.	77
8454190982	simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	78
8454190983	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	79
8454190984	sonnet	14 line poem	80
8454190985	stanza	A group of lines in a poem	81
8454190986	stream of consciousness	private thoughts of a character without commentary	82
8454190987	syllabic verse	Verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of feet per line.	83
8454190988	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	84
8454190990	synesthesia	describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")	85
8454190991	tercet	3 line stanza	86
8454190992	terza rima	a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.	87
8454190993	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	88
8454190994	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	89
8454190995	tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	90
8454190997	understatement	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	91
8454190998	verse	A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme	92
8454318830	malevolent	wishing, or appearing to wish, evil to others	93
8454337841	meticulous	extremely careful; particular about details	94
8454346372	garish	(adj.) glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way	95
8454358124	malicious	Intended to hurt or harm	96
8454366978	anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person	97
8454376811	perverse	(adj.) inclined to go against what is expected; stubborn; turned away from what is good and proper	98
8454385046	parody	a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner	99
8454444162	benevolent	(adj.) kindly, charitable	100
8454450597	pagan	A follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times.	101
8454458884	monotony	lack of variation	102
8454469888	winnow	sift; separate good parts from bad	103
8454481784	nostalgia	a longing for something past; homesickness	104
8454490920	elegy	a sad or mournful poem	105
8454503570	entralled	to captivate or charm	106
8454509535	euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	107
8454525340	eccentric	a person with an unusual or odd personality	108
8454534128	introspection	examination of one's own thoughts and feelings	109
8454539057	opulent	(adj.) wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose	110
8454545912	admonition	gentle warning; friendly reproof	111
8454550588	parable	(n.) a short narrative designed to teach a moral lesson	112
8454557398	iambic meter	unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable	113
8454566359	trochaic meter	a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.	114
8454572753	veracity	truthfulness	115
8454578353	invocation	a call (usually upon a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration	116
8454585226	raconteur	witty, skillful storyteller	117
8454589888	sanctimonious	showing false piety or righteousness	118
8454603509	gothic	characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque	119
8454612891	pastoral	a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)	120
8454617113	surrealism	An artistic movement that displayed vivid dream worlds and fantastic unreal images	121
8454620400	naturalism	a very realistic or lifelike style of making images	122
8454623492	classicism	an adherence to the principals of Greek and Roman literature	123
8454627718	deduction	reasoning down from principles	124
8454636910	abject	(adj.) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved	125
8898410158	expository	explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition	126
8898412697	interpretive	relating to, involving, or providing an interpretation or explanation of something	127
8898433540	secular	Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters; nonreligioius	128
8898441085	demeanor	behavior; manner of conducting oneself	129
8898450538	sardonic	grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic	130
8898453777	disconcerting	causing one to feel unsettled	131
8898460179	solemn	serious; grave	132
8939910531	acquiese	accept something reluctantly but without protest	133
8986824554	enjambment	the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.	134
8986882562	diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words	135
8986950491	foreshadowing	A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.	136
9001676535	apostrophe	address to an absent or imaginary person	137
9001676574	lament	to express sorrow; to grieve	138
9001684282	deprivation	the state of lacking or doing without something; loss	139
9001684285	dearth	(n.) a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine	140
9001685622	Contentious	Quarrelsome, inclined to argue	141
9001690127	implication	an idea that is communicated indirectly, through a suggestion or hint	142
9092584391	tempestuous	stormy, raging, furious	143
9092594085	hearth	(n.) the floor of a fireplace; the fireside as a symbol of the home and family	144
9093388823	philistine	a person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values	145
9189240128	sonnet	a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme	146
9190289723	expository writing	writing that explains or informs	147
9190294773	meditation	the act of deep thinking or reflection, often on a particular idea	148
9192105232	temporal	relating to the everyday world as opposed to that which is spiritual or eternal	149