AP Fiction Terms Flashcards

5847899290	Allusion	a reference to something in previous literature, history, or culture that adds to r emphasizes theme in the work	0
5847899291	allegory	a narrative or description with a secondary meaning underlying the literal meaning.	1
5847899292	allegory	Orwell's Animal Farm where the animals stage a revolution is often seen to represent Karl Marx	2
5847899293	anecdote	a clever little story; a short account of an interesting situation	3
5847899294	anti- hero	a protagonist whose actions are the opposite of what is expected Often confused, victimized, powerless or pathetic	4
5847899295	anti-hero	although the protagonist... he was a liar and crook and pretender and, eventually, accomplice to manslaughter.	5
5847899296	archetype	a symbol that recurs often enough in literature overtime to be easily recognizable, such as water as a purifying element or the sun as knowledge, can also include character types: prodigal son...	6
5847899297	archetype	the mother figure who guides and directs a child	7
5847899298	epiphany	a moment of insight, spiritual or personal; a characters sudden revelation about life	8
5847899299	eulogy	the speech given at the memorial or funeral service in remembrance of one who died	9
5847899300	extended metaphor	a detailed or complex metaphor that is evident throughout a work	10
5847899301	Foil	A character in a work whose behavior and values contrast those of another character in order to hi-light the other character's distinct personality.	11
5847899302	imagery	language that appeals to the senses; are emotionally evocative	12
5847899303	invocation:	a prayer or a statement that calls for help from a god or goddess	13
5847899304	irony	a discrepancy between appearance and reality. 3 types: verbal, dramatic, and situational	14
5847899305	mood	the dominate tone in a piece of literature	15
5847899306	motif	a reoccurring element, and image or idea in a work of literature, whose repetition emphasizes some aspect of the work (theme, plot)	16
5847899307	parable	a short tale that teaches through example. Usually teaches a religious or moral lesson.	17
5847899308	paradox	a situation or statement containg contradictory elements which nonetheless seem plausible or true	18
5847899309	parody	a work of satire where the author imitates the language and form of another work to ridicule the work	19
5847899310	symbol	a person, place or thing that represents something else	20
5847899311	syntax	in general the order of words in a sentence that results in various sentence types used for a variety of rhetorical effects	21
5847899312	tone	the speaker or narrator's attitude towards something	22
5847899313	diction	choice of words that get the correct message across	23
5847899314	apostrophe	When a writer addresses an imaginary character	24
5847899315	euphemism	polite, indirect expressions which replace phrases of harsh or impolite expressions	25
5847899316	litotes	an understatement that often employs a double negative	26
5847899317	synedoche	Part of something represents the whole	27
5847899318	invective	speech or writing that attacks, insults, or denounces a person, topic, or institution. It involves the use of abusive and negative use of language	28
5847899319	metonymy	a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated	29
5847899320	colloquial	The definition of colloquial refers to words or expressions used in ordinary language by common people.	30
5847899321	inversion	Inversion, also known as anastrophe, is a literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter.	31
5847899322	juxtaposition	a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.	32