Scott Perry AP English Language Literary Terms Set 4 Flashcards

5420479698	Reliability	This refers to the trustworthuness of a narrator. For example, Nick Carraway in the Great Gatsby and Huck Finn in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are not trustworthy narrators.	0
5420493077	Theme	The main idea of a literary text.	1
5420495834	Bildungsroman	This is a coming of age novel.	2
5420498033	Circular Narrative	This is a narrative technique where an author gradually reveals information as the narrative is repeated--sometimes from different points of view, sometimes from a single point of view that is expanded.	3
5420508668	Digression	This is a temporary departure from one topic to another related topic.	4
5420516040	Dystopia	This is the opposite of a utopia. It's the creation of a world in which we would not want to live.	5
5420518996	Flashback	This is a scene that interrupts the present action of the narrative in order to depict an earlier event.	6
5420521717	Flash-Forward	This is a scene that interrupts the present action of a narrative in order to preview future events.	7
5420525543	Limited Narrator	This is a point of view that is not all knowing.	8
5420526659	Utopia	An imagined place or state of being where everything is perfect.	9
5420531697	Revenge Tragedy	This is a popular play form of the English Renaissance, loosely based on the works of Seneca, an ancient Roman playwright. It is about getting even, often in a bloody manner.	10
5420540940	Anticlimax	This is a reversal of expectations, a kind of dissapointment.	11
5420543033	Epigraph	This is a writing at the beginning of a narrative (or at the section of a narrative) that tends to establish either tone or theme.	12
5420547391	Epilogue	This is the final section of a text that occurs after the conclusion of the main plot. In a play, this is typically a final soliloquy that serves to ie up loose ends.	13
5420554435	Episodic Structure	This is when an author creates a series of narratives that are loosly connected by a larger thematic significance. Tim O'Brian's The Things They Carried are examples of novels that use this.	14
5420561157	Epistolary Novel	This is a novel in which the plot is developed solely through letters.	15
5420564480	Atmosphere	This is the mood or general feeling created by a text.	16
5420568280	Bathos	This is the unintended result of a writier's attempt at pathos, or emotional appeal. This is unintended and when the emotion goes to far and everything is considered overly sentimental.	17
5420575788	Catharsis	This is the emotional release an audience feels at the end of a tragedy.	18
5420578910	First Person Point of View	This refers to a narrative being told from the perspective of a character who uses the word "I."	19