AP Literature Vocabulary Pt. 1 Flashcards
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| 6734815135 | Allusion | A reference to something or someone | 0 | |
| 6734838046 | Annotation | Brief explanation, Summary of a text | 1 | |
| 6734838047 | Antagonist | Character who works against the protagonist | 2 | |
| 6734839830 | Simile | A comparison between two things using like or as | 3 | |
| 6734839831 | Canon | Works widely read and studied | 4 | |
| 6734842105 | Analogy | A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar ideas | 5 | |
| 6734842106 | Climax | The high point of a play | 6 | |
| 6734844266 | Character | One who carries out the action of the plot-major, minor, static, dynamic | 7 | |
| 6734844267 | Conflict | The clash between opposing forces/external or internal | 8 | |
| 6734851407 | Denouement | The resolution/the end | 9 | |
| 6734987700 | Deus Ex Machina | Artificial device to solve a problem; shows a god hanging | 10 | |
| 6734987701 | Verbal Irony | A discrepancy between the true meaning and the literal meaning of a situation | 11 | |
| 6734990675 | Dramatic Irony | We know something another character does not | 12 | |
| 6734990676 | Stanza | A group of lines in poetry similar to paragraphs | 13 | |
| 6734990677 | Exposition | Background information | 14 | |
| 6734994053 | Explication | Analysis of a text or interpretation | 15 | |
| 6734994054 | Falling action | Action in a story that occurs after the climax | 16 | |
| 6734998066 | First person narrative | Narrator who uses I and we | 17 | |
| 6734998067 | Flashback | A return to an earlier time in a story | 18 | |
| 6735004636 | Foreshadowing | A hint at something that will occur later in the story | 19 |