AP Literature: Character Flashcards

5305445514	Antagonist	person or force working against protagonist	0
5305448676	Anthropomorphism	an animal that takes on human characteristics such as (walking, talking, etc...)	1
5305448677	Antihero	a protagonist in a modern work who does not exhibit the qualities of the traditional hero	2
5305448968	Archetype	a detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to be considered universal	3
5305448969	Aside	in drama, a convention by which actors speak briefly to the audience, supposedly without being heard by the other actors on stage	4
5305449338	Bildungsroman	a novel that recounts the development (psychological and sometimes spiritual) of an individual from childhood to maturity, to the point at which the protagonist recognizes his or her place and role in the world	5
5305449339	Caricature	the exaggeration of specific features of appearance or personality	6
5305449613	Catharsis	the emotional effect a tragic drama has on its audience; a "cleansing"; Aristotle said tragedy provided the audience with the opportunity to purge the emotions of pity and fear	7
5305450437	Flat Characters	a figure in literature defined by a single idea or quality	8
5305450438	Round Characters	a figure in literature that have the three-dimensional complexity of real people	9
5305450439	Static Characters	a figure in literature that don't change significantly over the course of a work	10
5305450701	Dynamic Characters	a figure in literature that change in response to circumstance and experience	11
5305451343	Characterization	various means by which an author describes and develop the characters in a literary work	12
5305451344	Direct Characterization	characterization by narrator's description	13
5305451345	Indirect Characterization	charaterization by characters' actions, dialogue, other characters' comments about them	14
5305451743	Dialogue	conversation between two or more characters in a literary work	15
5305451744	Epiphany	a moment of sudden revelation or insight	16
5305452392	Foil	a character who, by his contrast with the main character, serves to accentuate that character's distinctive qualities or characteristics	17
5305452393	Hubris	excessive pride that constitutes the protagonist's tragic flaw and leads to his/her downfall	18
5305452394	Narrator	a speaker through whom an author presents a narrative, often but not always a character in the work	19
5305452674	Protagonist	character around which the action is centered	20
5305453225	Soliloquy	a speech in which a character, alone on a stage, addresses him/herself; it is a "thinking out loud", a dramatic means of letting an audience know a character's thoughts/feelings or some other important information	21
5305453659	Tragic Hero	the central character in a tragedy who experiences a tragic downfall. the tragic hero has a tragic flaw which is the error, misstep, frailty, or flaw that causes the downfall of the tragic hero (also referred to as hamartia).	22