AP Vocab 05 Flashcards

6987621791	Archetype	A term used to describe universal symbols that evoke deep and sometimes unconscious responses in a reader. In literature, characters, images, and themes that symbolically embody universal meanings and basic human experiences, regardless of when or where they live.	0
6987621792	Caricature	Ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things for comic reasons. It may be pictorial or literary	1
6987621793	Character Foil	A character foil is a character whose behavior, attitudes, and opinions are in contrast to those of the protagonist. He/She helps the reader to understand better the character of the protagonist.	2
6987621794	Character Sketch	A character sketch is a description of a character's moral and personality qualities using nouns, adjectives, and specific examples and quotations from the story. It does not normally describe the character's physical appearance or dress, except briefly.	3
6987621795	Confidant (confidante)	A confidante is a trusted friend of the protagonist who shares his or her thoughts, feelings, and intentions.	4
6987621796	Conventional Character	A character with traits that are expected or traditional (similar to stock character or stereotype)	5
6987621797	Direct Characterization	This is character revelation through the author's or narrator's comments	6
6987621798	Dynamic Character	This character, often the protagonist, undergoes a significant, lasting change, usually in his or her outlook on life.	7
6987621799	Epiphany	a moment of significant realization that happens to the main character, usually at the end of the story.	8
6987621800	Flat Character	This is a limited character, usually a minor character who has only one apparent quality.	9
6987621801	Indirect Characterization	This is character revelation through what the character says, does, thinks, and how he reacts. The reader is left to infer from these details what the character is like	10
6987621802	Interior Monologue	A literary technique used in poetry and prose that reveals a character's unspoken thoughts and feelings. A type of Stream of Consciousness.	11
6987621803	Metamorphosis	A radical change in a character, either physical or emotional	12
6987621804	Motivation	This is what causes a character to do what he or she does. Circumstances and temperament usually determine the actions of a character; however, characters must also have sufficient and plausible motivation in order for a reader to find a story realistic or effective.	13
6987621805	Round Character	A round character is a realistic character having several sides to his/her nature.	14
6987621806	Static Character	This is a character who does not change in the course of a story. Often protagonists who are static characters fail to achieve their goals or are defeated by their unwillingness to change or adapt.	15
6987621807	Stereotype	Conforming to a fixed, conventional mental picture.	16
6987621808	Stock Character	Stereotyped or stock characters are familiar figures in fiction such as the "hard-boiled" private investigator, the absent-minded professor, the "stiff upper lip" officer, and the imperiled heroine from Victorian melodrama.	17
6987621809	Stream-of-Consciousness	A modern technique for depicting thoughts and feelings of a character in an apparently natural way without logic or interruption. The author using stream-of-consciousness deliberately includes important details relevant to plot, character, and theme in the stream-of-consciousness.	18
6987621810	Dyspeptic	gloomy, pessimistic, and irritable.	19
6987621811	Euphemism	A polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or which suggest something unpleasant	20
6987621812	Paroxysms	any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion	21
6987621813	Satire (adj, satiric)	a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. It intends to improve humanity by criticizing its follies and foibles	22
6987621814	Understatement	a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is	23
6987621815	Verbal Irony	Occurs when a speaker speaks something contradictory to what he intends to. It is an intentional product of the speaker and is contradictory to his/her emotions and actions.	24
6987621816	Types of Verbal Irony	Sarcasm, Exaggeration or Overstatement, Understatement	25
6987621817	Abrogation	the act or an instance of abrogating, or repealing	26
6987621818	Ambivalence	uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.	27
6987621819	Belligerent	warlike; given to waging war.	28
6987621820	of warlike character; aggressively hostile; bellicose		29
6987621821	Cistern	a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid	30
6987621822	Execrable	utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent	31
6987621823	Ignominy	disgrace; dishonor; public contempt; shameful or dishonorable quality or conduct or an instance of this	32
6987621824	Mollified	to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease	33
6987621825	Pernicious	causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful	34
6987621826	Remunerative	profitable	35
6987621827	Sentimental	expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia	36
6987621828	Vacillating	not resolute; wavering; indecisive; hesitating	37
6987621829	Hyperbole	Use of specific words and phrases that exaggerate and overemphasize the basic crux of the statement in order to produce a grander, more noticeable effect	38
6987621830	Metaphor	Makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics. In other words, a resemblance of two contradictory or different objects is made based on a single or some common characteristics	39