AP Literature Flashcards
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| 7988582016 | bellicose (adj) | loud, argumentative, prone to fighting | 0 | |
| 7988585396 | austere (adj) | severe, stern, or cold disposition or appearance | 1 | |
| 7988597268 | austerity (n) | a stern and serious quality | 2 | |
| 7988616530 | choleric (adj) | having or showing a quick/hot temper or a cantankerous nature; easily angered | 3 | |
| 7988622430 | ambivalent (adj) | having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone; inconclusive or wavering | 4 | |
| 7988640829 | ambivalence (n) | the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone | 5 | |
| 7988645159 | charlatan (n) | a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; a fraud | 6 | |
| 7988676801 | accusatory (tone) | charging of wrong doing | 7 | |
| 7988679262 | apathetic (tone) | indifferent due to lack of energy or concern | 8 | |
| 7988683057 | awe (tone) | solemn wonder | 9 | |
| 7988685248 | bitter (tone) | exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief | 10 | |
| 7988688505 | cynical (tone) | questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people | 11 | |
| 7988703594 | hamartia | a tragic flaw; an unwitting (unknowing or oblivious) error in judgment | 12 | |
| 7988712198 | trope | any departure from ordinary" language in a literary text. "Trope" means "turn"; the term implies a turning away from conventional uses of words. Tropes include metaphors, similes, repetitions, and other figures of speech" | 13 | |
| 7988753325 | hubris | excessive pride | 14 | |
| 7988775137 | reversal | coined by Aristotle as the point when the hero's fortunes turn in an unexpected direction-an action performed by a character that has the opposite of its intended effect | 15 | |
| 7988802520 | recognition | the moment in a story when previously unknown or withheld information is revealed to the protagonist, resulting in the discovery of the truth of his or her situation and, usually, a decisive change in course for that character | 16 | |
| 7988853630 | deus ex machina | "god the machine", a term now used to describe any improbably means by which an author provides a too-easy resolution for a story | 17 | |
| 7988873255 | invocation | a prayer or statement that calls for help from a god or goddess | 18 | |
| 7988879799 | apostrophe | addressing something or someone non-living or incapable of response as if it could hear and respond, such as "O, howling wind..." | 19 | |
| 7998084203 | aphorism | a short, instructive statement of truth | 20 | |
| 7998086232 | allusion | a casual and brief reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event; the best sources for allusions are literature, history, greek mythology, and the bible | 21 | |
| 7998105330 | catharsis | a term coined by Aristotle to describe an emotional release experienced by the audience at the end of a successful tragedy | 22 | |
| 7998136682 | epiphany | the point in a work of literature where a character has a sudden insight or realization that changes his or her understanding | 23 | |
| 7998143242 | litotes | a figure of speech which employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions | 24 | |
| 7998146864 | dramatic irony | when the audience knows something that the characters don't | 25 | |
| 7998164601 | verbal irony | when you say something but mean the opposite | 26 | |
| 7998200745 | foil character | a character who contrasts with another character —usually the protagonist— to highlight particular qualities of the other character. In some cases, a subplot can be used as a foil to the main plot | 27 | |
| 7998219321 | juxtaposition | a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts | 28 |