AP Literature Flashcards
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11122539339 | allegory | story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning | ![]() | 0 |
11122539340 | alliteration | beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words | ![]() | 1 |
11122539341 | allusion | indirect of passing reference | ![]() | 2 |
11122539342 | anaphora | repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning | ![]() | 3 |
11122539343 | antagonist | a hostile person who is opposed to another character | ![]() | 4 |
11122539344 | apostrophe | figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character | ![]() | 5 |
11122539345 | approximate rhyme | words in rhyming pattern that sound alike | ![]() | 6 |
11122539346 | aside | when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage | ![]() | 7 |
11122539347 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds | ![]() | 8 |
11122539348 | blank verse | poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme | ![]() | 9 |
11122539349 | cacophony | blend of unharmonious sounds | ![]() | 10 |
11122539350 | caesura | pause in the middle of a line | ![]() | 11 |
11122539351 | catharsis | the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse) | ![]() | 12 |
11122539352 | flat character | story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic | ![]() | 13 |
11122539353 | round character | character who has complex personality: contradicted person | ![]() | 14 |
11122539354 | dynamic character | changes throughout the story, through major conflict | ![]() | 15 |
11122539355 | static character | person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality | ![]() | 16 |
11122539356 | characterization | process of revealing characters personality | ![]() | 17 |
11122539357 | climax | point where conflict hits its highest point | ![]() | 18 |
11122539358 | comedy | drama that is amusing or funny | ![]() | 19 |
11122539359 | conflict | struggle between opposing forces | ![]() | 20 |
11122539360 | connotation | secondary meaning to a word | ![]() | 21 |
11122539361 | consonance | repetition of same consonant in words close together | ![]() | 22 |
11122539362 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse | ![]() | 23 |
11122539363 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word | ![]() | 24 |
11122539364 | denouement | final outcome of the story | ![]() | 25 |
11122539365 | deus ex machina | resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence | ![]() | 26 |
11122539366 | didactic writing | writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach | ![]() | 27 |
11122539367 | direct presentation of character | author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story | ![]() | 28 |
11122539368 | double rhyme | rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn) | 29 | |
11122539369 | dramatic exposition | prose commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world | ![]() | 30 |
11122539370 | end rhyme | rhymes occurring at the end of line | ![]() | 31 |
11122539371 | end stopped line | line ending in regular punctuation | ![]() | 32 |
11122539372 | English sonnet | a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg | ![]() | 33 |
11122539373 | epiphany | when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life | ![]() | 34 |
11122539374 | euphony | smooth choice and arrangement of sounds | ![]() | 35 |
11122539375 | extended figure | A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem. | ![]() | 36 |
11122539376 | falling action | Events after the climax, leading to the resolution | ![]() | 37 |
11122539377 | feminine rhyme | lines rhymed by their final two syllables | ![]() | 38 |
11122539378 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. | ![]() | 39 |
11122539379 | figure of speech | a way of saying something other than the ordinary way | ![]() | 40 |
11122539380 | foot | basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables | ![]() | 41 |
11122539381 | form | external pattern or shape of a poem | ![]() | 42 |
11122539382 | free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme | ![]() | 43 |
11122539383 | hamartia | tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall | ![]() | 44 |
11122539384 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | ![]() | 45 |
11122539385 | indirect presentation of character | the personality of a character is revealed by what he or she does or says | ![]() | 46 |
11122539386 | internal rhyme | A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line | ![]() | 47 |
11122539387 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | ![]() | 48 |
11122539388 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | ![]() | 49 |
11122539389 | dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. | ![]() | 50 |
11122539390 | irony of situation | refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended | ![]() | 51 |
11122539391 | italian sonnet | A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd | ![]() | 52 |
11122539392 | masculine rhyme | A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable | ![]() | 53 |
11122539393 | melodrama | a play based upon a dramatic plot and developed sensationally | ![]() | 54 |
11122539394 | metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | ![]() | 55 |
11122539395 | meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | ![]() | 56 |
11122539396 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | ![]() | 57 |
11122539397 | motivation | A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior | ![]() | 58 |
11122539398 | narrator | Person telling the story | ![]() | 59 |
11122539399 | octave | 8 line stanza | ![]() | 60 |
11122539400 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | ![]() | 61 |
11122539401 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | ![]() | 62 |
11122539402 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | ![]() | 63 |
11122539403 | paradox | A contradiction or dilemma | ![]() | 64 |
11122539404 | paraphrase | A restatement of a text or passage in your own words. | ![]() | 65 |
11122539405 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | ![]() | 66 |
11122539406 | plot | Sequence of events in a story | ![]() | 67 |
11122539407 | point of view | The perspective from which a story is told | ![]() | 68 |
11122539408 | omniscient point of view | The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person. | ![]() | 69 |
11122539409 | third person limited point of view | narrator tells the story from only one character's pov | ![]() | 70 |
11122539410 | first person point of view | a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself | ![]() | 71 |
11122539411 | objective point of view | a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events. | ![]() | 72 |
11122539412 | protagonist | Main character | ![]() | 73 |
11122539413 | quatrain | A four line stanza | ![]() | 74 |
11122539414 | rhythm | A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions. | ![]() | 75 |
11122539415 | rhyme scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem | ![]() | 76 |
11122539416 | rising action | Events leading up to the climax | ![]() | 77 |
11122539417 | sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt | ![]() | 78 |
11122539418 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | ![]() | 79 |
11122539419 | scansion | Analysis of verse into metrical patterns | ![]() | 80 |
11122539420 | sestet | 6 line stanza | ![]() | 81 |
11122539421 | setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. | ![]() | 82 |
11122539422 | simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | ![]() | 83 |
11122539423 | soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage | ![]() | 84 |
11122539424 | sonnet | 14 line poem | ![]() | 85 |
11122539425 | stanza | A group of lines in a poem | ![]() | 86 |
11122539426 | stream of consciousness | private thoughts of a character without commentary | ![]() | 87 |
11122539427 | syllabic verse | Verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of feet per line. | ![]() | 88 |
11122539428 | symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else | ![]() | 89 |
11122539429 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | ![]() | 90 |
11122539430 | synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") | ![]() | 91 |
11122539431 | tercet | 3 line stanza | ![]() | 92 |
11122539432 | terza rima | a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc. | ![]() | 93 |
11122539433 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature | ![]() | 94 |
11122539434 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | ![]() | 95 |
11122539435 | tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character | ![]() | 96 |
11122539436 | truncation | Utilizing a melody with part of the end omitted. | ![]() | 97 |
11122539437 | understandment | the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis | ![]() | 98 |
11122539438 | verse | A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme | ![]() | 99 |
11122539439 | vilanelle | a nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the other tercets and with both repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain. | ![]() | 100 |