AP Literature terms page 2 Flashcards

5092449222	Grotesque	Anything to do with horror	0
5092449223	Arabesque	Anything to do with wonder	1
5092449224	Hyperbole	Deliberate exageration for desired effect	2
5092449225	Local color	The costons, manner od speech, dress, or other typical features of a place or period that contribute to its particular character	3
5112636340	Metaphysical Conceit	a clever figure of speech that makes a surprising comparison between two dissimilar things	4
5112643599	Metonymy	the name of a thing is applied to another thing or person with which it is closely associated	5
5112647043	Narrative	telling a story or depicting a series of related events, usually in chronological order	6
5112650292	Novel of Manners	A work of fiction that recreates a social world, conveying with finely detailed observations, aspects of behavior, language, customs and values characteristic of a particular class of people in a specific historical context	7
5112659420	occasion	the event for which we write	8
5112660495	Persona	naming of speakers in literature, stressing that they are part of fiction, invented for a particular artistic purpose	9
5112667829	Pastoral	depicts rual life in an ideal manner but is naieve	10
5112668813	Pathetic Fallacy	attributing human emotions to inanimate objects	11
5112670577	Point of view	the mode or perspective established by the author, either 1st person, 3rd person observer, 3rd person limited or third person omniscient	12