AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE Flashcards

7291279208	Static character	One who does not change much throughout the story	0
7291280729	Dynamic character	Changes in important ways as a result of the story's actions	1
7291284014	Flat character	Have few personality traits	2
7291287002	Round character	More complex and have more dimensions to their personalities	3
7291289918	Cliche	A word or phrase that has become lifeless because of its overuse	4
7291295733	Climax	The point in plot with greatest intensity, suspense or interest	5
7291298218	Comedy	A story with a happy resolution of the conflicts faced by characters	6
7291302285	Conceit	Elaborated metaphor or other figure of speech that compares two totally different things	7
7291305455	Concrete language	Use specific words and details to describe a particular subject	8
7291308460	Conflict	The struggle between opposing forces or characters	9
7291311871	Connotation	Associations and emotional overtones that have become attched to a word or phrase, in addition to its dictionary definition	10
7291319359	Consonance	Repetition of the same or similar final consonant sound on accented syllables or in important words	11
7291323161	Couplet	Two consecutive rhyming lines in poetry	12
7291326678	Dark romantics	Group of nineteenth century writers who explored the dark side of human nature	13
7291329155	Denotation	Dictionary definition	14
7291330252	Denoment	Conclusion or resolution of a story	15
7291336774	Dialect	Way of speaking characterized of a certain social group of inhabitants of a certain geographical area	16
7291340480	Dialogue	Direct quoted words of people speaking to one another	17
7291343412	Diction	A speaker or writers choice of words	18
7291344930	Dramatic monologue	Poem in which character speaks to oneself or more listeners whose response are not known	19