AP Literature 10/3 Quiz Flashcards

7586559260	Theme	One common message of fiction	0
7586562152	Action	The events recounted in a fictional work	1
7586565426	Plot	The way the author sequences and paces the events so as to shape our response and interpretation	2
7586591359	In Media Res	Story beginning somewhere in the middle of the action	3
7586612680	Flashback	Events that occurred before the story's opening	4
7586616202	Flashforward	Story might jump forward in time to recount a later episode	5
7586621159	Episode	Event	6
7586626353	Foreshadowing	An author gives subtle clues and hints about what will happen later in the story	7
7586636868	Subplot	A plot that receives significantly less time and attention than another plot	8
7586648659	Pacing	A vital tool to storytelling that is the duration of particular episodes	9
7586669076	Discriminated Occasion	When an author slows down to home on a particular moment and scene	10
7586680555	Conflict	Some sort of struggle	11
7586687384	External Conflicts	Occurs between characters and something or someone outside of themselves	12
7586696338	Internal Conflicts	A character struggles to reconcile two competing desires, needs, or duties, or two parts or aspects of himself	13
7586727368	Exposition	Introduces the characters, their situations, (typically) a time and place; all of the basic information we need to understand	14
7586756484	Rising Action	Begins with an inciting incident, this suggests conflict	15
7586759555	Inciting/Destabilizing Incident	Some action that destabilizes the initial situation and incites open conflict	16
7586764849	Complication	An event that introduces new conflict or intensifies an existing one	17
7586784106	Climax/Turning Point	The moment of greatest emotional intensity; when the outcome of the plot and the fate of the characters is decided	18
7586803109	Epiphany	A sudden realization of truth inspired by a seemingly trivial event; typically takes place in the midst of the climax	19
7586818182	Crisis	Precedes and precipitates the climax	20
7586822979	Falling Action	Brings a release of emotional tension and moves us toward the resolution of the conflict(s)	21
7586837725	Deus Ex Machina	Resolution achieved through an utterly unexpected twist	22
7586844833	Conclusion	Presents us with a new and at least somewhat stable situation - one that gives a sense of closure because the conflict(s) is resolved	23
7586859003	Epilogue	Final section which ties up loose ends left dangling in the conclusion, updates us on what has happened to the characters since their conflict has been resolved, and/or provides some sort of commentary on the story's larger significance	24
7586911522	Tragedy	One of the two most important forms of drama; traces a downward movement centering on a character's fall from fortune into misfortune and isolation; end unhappily, often times in death	25
7586921117	Comedy	One of the two most important forms of drama; tends to end happily, often times in marriage, or some other act of social integration and celebration	26
7586937728	Epic	A long narrative poem that celebrates the achievements of mighty heroes, usually in a developing culture with a grand, high style of language	27
7586948052	Romance	Long, medieval narrative (typically written in languages of romance which = French, Spanish, Italian) and depict quests of knights/ other chivalric heroes for love	28
7586948053	Convention	Traditional way of presenting or expressing something, a characteristic feature of a particular genre, etc...	29