AP Unit 1 Flashcards

7011595724	belle-lettres	A French term for the world of books, criticism, and literature in general	0
7011595725	canon	The collection of works considered the most important in national literature or period; works widely read and studied	1
7011600365	classic	A highly regarded work of literature or other art form that has withstood the test of time	2
7011600366	genre	a literary form such as novel, play, essay, poem, etc.	3
7011601985	canto	a division of a long poem, much like chapters in a novel	4
7011603969	controlling image	an image that dominates and shapes an entire literary work	5
7011603970	first person point of view	the narrator is a character in the story and tells the story	6
7011605003	flashback	a return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present actions or circumstances	7
7011605004	foreshadowing	an event or statement that hints or suggests an event that comes later in the plot	8
7011605971	irony	a mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is said (verbal); an event that happens that is the opposite of what is expected (situational)	9
7011605972	motif	a repeating element (phrase, idea, event) in a narrative that unifies the work	10
7011605973	narrative	a form of verse or prose that tells a story	11
7011621652	onomatopoeia	words that sound like their meaning	12
7011623061	paradox	a statement that seems self-contradictory yet true	13
7011623062	plot	the interrelationship among the events of a story that include exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and conclusion	14
7011623063	setting	time, place, and surrounding circumstances of a narrative; the total environment including historical, social, and spiritual circumstances	15
7011623992	sub plot	a subordinate or minor collection of events in a novel or play, usually connected to the main plot	16
7011623993	symbol	an abstract idea represented by something concrete	17
7011623994	theme	main idea or author's message/meaning of a literary work	18
7011653982	carpe diem	Latin term for "Seize the Day"	19