AP Literature Terms- Week 3 Flashcards

8825736170	Allusion	Any reference, direct or indirect, to a person, place, event or character in history, literature, mythology etc.	0
8825737396	Denotation	The literal, conceptual or dictionary meaning of a word.	1
8825737397	Catastrophe	The concluding action of a tragedy where the principle character meets with death or significant defeat	2
8825742003	Classicism	An emphasis on rational order, discipline, balance, symmetry, clarity and simplicity	3
8825746966	Masculine Rhyme	When a poem emphasizes sound and pictorial imagery rather than narrative or dramatic movement	4
8825746967	Lyric	When a poem emphasizes sound rather than narrative or dramatic movement	5
8825750849	Conceit	An ingenious, faithful notion or conception; elaborate analogy showing parallel between dissimilar things	6
8825755197	Metaphor	Figurative language used to draw comparisons between mostly unlike things without using like or as.	7
8825757572	Round Character	One possessing the depth and complexity of a living person.	8
8825760200	Tone	The writer or speaker's attitude toward his subject, audience, or himself.	9