AP Literature Terms IV Flashcards
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| 6719035062 | lyric | a type of poetry that explores the poet's personal interpretation of and feelings about the world; when used to describe a tone, refers to a sweet, emotional melodiousness | 0 | |
| 6719038405 | melodrama | a form of cheesy theater in which the hero is very, very good, the villain mean and rotten, and the heroine oh-so-pure -- (the events and situations are also SUPER overdramatic) | 1 | |
| 6719041855 | metaphor | a comparison, or analogy that states one thing IS another--His eyes were burning coals. | 2 | |
| 6719043322 | metonym | a word that is used to stand for something else that it has attributes of or is associated with---"the crown" referring to the king, "The pen is mightier than the sword." (pen reps writers and ideas, sword reps war) | 3 | |
| 6719044707 | nemesis | the protagonist's archenemy or supreme and persistent difficulty | 4 | |
| 6719045890 | objectivity | treatment of a matter as impersonal or as an outside view of events | 5 | |
| 6719045891 | subjectivity | treatment of a matter using the interior personal view of a single observer and is typically coloured with that observer's emotional responses | 6 | |
| 6719047934 | onomatopoeia | words that sound how they're spelled--boom, splat | 7 | |
| 6719049061 | opposition | a pair of elements that contrast sharply, not necessarily "conflict," rather a pairing of images, each becomes more striking and informative because it's placed in contrast to the other one; creates mystery and tension, can be obvious or lead to irony, not always though | 8 | |
| 6719049822 | oxymoron | a phrase composed of opposites; a contradiction | 9 | |
| 6719051147 | parable | a story that instructs like a fable or an allegory | 10 | |
| 6719051148 | paradox | a situation or statement that seems to contradict itself, but on closer inspection, it does not---"It's raining, but I don't believe that it is." | 11 | |
| 6719053370 | parallelism | repeated syntactical (structure of word choice) similarities used for effect--He likes playing the piano, eating cookies, and reading lengthy novels. | 12 | |
| 6719056089 | paraphrase | to restate phrases and sentences in your own words, to rephrase; not an analysis or interpretation | 13 | |
| 6719058300 | parenthetical phrase | a phrase set off by commas that interrupts the flow of a sentence with some commentary or added detail | 14 | |
| 6719058301 | parody | when a specific work is exaggerated to ridiculousness (usually adapted or based on a previously existing work) | 15 | |
| 6719060827 | pastoral | a poem set in a tranquil nature or even more specifically, one about shepherds | 16 | |
| 6719061660 | personification | giving an inanimate object human qualities or form--The darkness of the forest became the figure of a beautiful, pake-skinned woman in night-black clothes. | 17 | |
| 6719064319 | point of view (voice) | the perspective from which the action of a novel (or narrative poem) is presented | 18 | |
| 6719065710 | omniscient narrator | third-person narrator who sees into each character's mind and understands all the action that's going on | 19 | |
| 6719066433 | limited narrator | third-person narrator who generally reports only what one character (usually main character) sees, reports only thoughts of that one character | 20 | |
| 6719067365 | first-person narrator | narrator who is a character in the story and tells the story from his or her point of view; when crazy, a liar, or very young, narrator is unreliable | 21 | |
| 6719067366 | prelude | an intro poem to a longer work or verse | 22 | |
| 6719068801 | protagonist | the main character of a novel or play | 23 | |
| 6719069794 | pun | usually humorous use of a word in such a way to suggest two or more meanings | 24 |