AP Literature and Composition Set 2 Flashcards

7243568823	Plot	The sequence of related events in a narrative.	0
7243568824	plot manipulation	When an author gives the story an unexpected or unjustified turn with the characters or situation involved.	1
7243568825	Exposition	The opening of the plot that introduces the setting, characters and the major conflict. It is also known as the basic situation.	2
7243568826	Setting	The time, place, and framing social environment of a story or play, serving to reveal character and suggest a theme.	3
7243568827	Conflict	A struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions.	4
7243568828	Dillemma	A position in which a character must choose between two undesirable courses of action.	5
7243568829	Reversal (peripeteia)	The point in the plot where affairs turn in an unexpected direction.	6
7243568830	Rising action	That development of plot in a story or play that precedes and leads up to the climax.	7
7243568831	Climax	The turning point or the greatest point of emotional intensity that marks the moment when the conflict is decided, one way or another.	8
7243568832	Bathos	Commonly known as "anti-climatic," this device adds the commonplace in otherwise elevated matter or style.	9
7243568833	Falling action	That segment of the plot that comes between the climax and the conclusion.	10
7243568834	Recognition (anagnorisis)	The point of the plot where a character suddenly realizes and understands his position and sees himself truly. It is the point of full self- awareness, usually occurring at the denouement.	11
7243568835	Epiphany	In a literary work, a moment of sudden insight or revelation that a character experiences.	12
7243568836	Denouement	Sometimes called the "resolution," it is the untying or unraveling of the plot when meaning of past events becomes clear.	13
7243568837	Resolution	The conclusion of a story, when all or most of the conflicts have been settled; often called the denouement.	14