Pre AP Lit Terms Flashcards

6068399985	theme	The central message or insight revealed through a literary work.	0
6068399986	extended metaphor	poet builds single analogy at length (Scaffolding)	1
6068399989	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words	2
6068399990	consonance	repetition of constant sounds in words	3
6068399996	tone	the attitude a writer takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, satirical, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective	4
6068399997	voice	the distinctive style or manner of expression of an author or of a character in a book	5
6068399999	allusion	a reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or some other branch of culture	6
6068400002	connotation	the emotional associations that a word calls to mind; the implied meaning of a word	7
6068400004	flashback	use of scenes in a story that interrupt the sequence of events to reveal past occurences	8
6068400005	foreshadowing	use of clues in a story to hint at events to come	9
6068400006	characterization	the process by which the writer reveals the personality, physical, emotional, and psychological attributes of a character	10
6068400007	idiom	expressions that don't mean what the words say	11
6068400008	imagery	a set of mental pictures or images used to create vivid descriptions in writing or speaking	12
6068400009	metaphor	kind of expression used in speech and writing to compare things that aren't really alike. Metaphors DON'T use the words "like" or "as"	13
6068400010	parable	a brief and often simple narrative that illustrates a moral or religious lesson	14
6068400011	alliteration	Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words	15
6068400012	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	16
6068400013	dynamic character	A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action (round character)	17
6068400014	static character	A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end (flat character)	18
6068400015	first person point of view	Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and We"	19
6068400016	second person point of view	The narrator tells the story using the pronouns "You", "Your," and "Yours" to address a reader or listener directly.	20
6068400017	third person point of view	A story where the narrator is not a character and the author reveals only a single character's thoughts and feelings by using pronouns such as he, she, it, they, and them. The person telling the story is on the "outside" looking in.	21
6068400018	simile	A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"	22
6068400019	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	23
6068400020	rhyme	Repetition of sounds at the END of words.	24
6068400021	symbol	anything that REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE	25
6068400022	sensory details	details that appeal to the 5 SENSES (sight, sound, hearing, taste, touch)	26
6068400023	repetition	the use of a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence MORE THAN ONCE	27
6068400024	rhythm	the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables	28
6068400025	genre	a specific type of writing or literature; each has a particular style, form, and content.	29
6068400026	direct characterization	the reader is told what a character is like; a speaker or narrator describes what he or she thinks about a character.	30
6068400027	indirect characterization	the reader must infer what a character is like; the text provides clues through the character's words, thoughts, or actions or through other character's words, thoughts, or actions, but there is no evaluation or explanation from a narrator.	31
6068400028	structure	unifying pattern or plot structure	32
6068400032	external conflict	a struggle between a character and an outside force is an external conflict	33
6068400033	Third-person limited	a speaker outside the action narrates the events using the third-person pronouns he, she, and they. The narrator tells the events from the perspective of one specific character, focusing on this character's thoughts and feelings.	34
6068400034	Third-person omniscient	a speaker outside the action narrates the events. Not only tells what happens, but interpret events and describe the thoughts and feelings of any character.	35
6068400035	diction	word choice	36
6068400036	syntax	the order in which words are placed	37
6068400037	rhetoric	language choices and techniques used to communicate perspective and to modify the perspectives of others	38
6068400040	dialogue	conversation between characters	39
6068400045	end rhyme	occurs at the end of lines of poetry	40
6068400046	internal rhyme	occurs within lines of poetry	41
6068400048	rhyme scheme	pattern of end rhymes in a poem	42
6068400049	irony	speaker's intended central idea is far different from the usual meaning of the words	43
6068400051	parallelism	repetition of similar parts of a sentence or of several sentences to show that phrases or sentences are of equal importance	44
6068400052	paraphrasing	using someone else's ideas and expressing those ideas in your own words	45
6068400053	analogy	a comparison; can be more extensive that a simile	46
6068464950	anaphora	the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences	47
6068464951	antithesis	a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced	48
6068468139	colloquialism	informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing	49