AP Literature words Flashcards

7842231871	comic relief	A humorous scene, event, or speech in a serious drama. EX: William Shakespeare's Macbeth Act 3	0
7842260470	connotation	the suggested or implied meanings associated with a word beyond its dictionary, definition, or denotation	1
7842306622	conceit	an elaborate figure of speech that makes a comparison between two significally different things	2
7842325236	characterization	the methods a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character	3
7842333803	characterization	D.H. Lawrence- The rocking horse winner	4
7842338602	characterization	the train from Rhodesia- Nadine gordimer	5
7842345730	cliche	a word or phrase that is so overused that is virtually meaningless EX: dead as a doornail piece of cake last but not least	6
7842368613	consonance	the repetition of consonant sounds, typically at the end of nonrhyming words and preceded by different vowel sounds EX: the blood-dimmed tide is loosed	7
7842414740	comedy	a type of drama that's humorous and often has a happy ending	8
7842423867	climax	the crisis, the point of highest emotional pitch	9
7842433357	colloquism	informal language used in everyday conversation but not in formal writing or speech	10
7842467465	couplet	two consecutive rhymed lines of poetry that follows the same rhythmic pattern	11
7842455910	colloquism	EX:katherine manfield's "cup of tea"	12
7842483765	couplet	EX: for thy sweet love rememb'red such wealth brings that then I scorn to change my state with kings	13
7842487354	crisis	the climax or the point of highest emotional pitch	14
7842491302	conflict	the central struggle between two opposing frces in a story or drama	15
7842509942	conflict	EX: anita desai's games at twilight or chinua achebe's dead men's path	16
7842520820	Elegy	a poem mourning a death or another great loss EX: Tennyson's in memoriam A.H.H	17
7842520821	end rhyme	the rhyming of words at the ends of lines EX: houseman's to an athlete dying young	18
7842550925	end stopped line	a line of poetry that contains a completed thought, EX: William blake's a posion tree I was angry with my friend; I told my wrath, my wrath did end	19
7842682122	dactyl	a three syllable metrical foot, while the 1st syllable is stressed and the rest are unstressed EX: Alfred lord Tennyson's tears, idle tears.	20
7842656529	denotation	the literal or dictionary meaning of a word	21
7842696500	denouement	the final outcome of the plot is revealed	22
7842708913	description	a detailed portrayal of a person, place, object, or event EX; anita desai's games at twilight	23
7842723866	dialect	a variation language spoken by a particular region or class EX; Naipaul's story B. wordsworth	24
7842741970	dialogue	conversation between characters	25
7842763959	diary	an individual's daily records of impressions, events, or thoughts written for a personal use EX; samual pepya's 1660=1669	26
7842780440	diction	a writers choice of words	27
7842801569	dimeter	a line of verse consisting of two feet	28
7842819644	drama	a story intended to be performed by actor's before an audience	29
7842835174	dramatic irony	readers or viewers know something that characters don't	30
7842846551	dramatic monologue	speaker addresses a silent listener EX; Robert browning's - my last duchness	31
7842863842	dramatic poetry	characters who are revealed through dialogue, monologue, nd description EX; Thomas hardy's -- ah, are you digging on my grave	32
7842885821	dramatic structure	structure of a serious play	33
7842900326	dynamic character	character that grows throughout the story EX; paul in D.H. Lawrence's the rocking horse winner	34