AP Literature Flashcards Set 11 Flashcards

10526224880	Terza Rima	a verse form consisting of three-line stanzas in which the second line of each rhymes with the first and third of the next. A good example of this is Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind".	0
10526233194	Theme	a generalized, abstract paraphrase of the inferred central or dominant idea or concern of a work; the statement a poem makes is about its subject.	1
10526238429	Tone	the attitude a literary work takes toward its subject and theme; the tenor of a piece of writing based on particular stylistic devices employed by the writer. Tone reflects the narrator's attitude.	2
10526248672	Tragedy	a drama in which a character (usually good and noble and of high rank) is brought to a disastrous end in his or her confrontation with a superior force. Often the protagonist's downfall is a direct result of a fatal flaw in his or her character. Examples of tragedy would include Oedipus the King, Hamlet, and The Mayor of Casterbridge.	3
10526408661	Trochee	a metrical form in which each foot consists of stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one. Examples of a trochaic foot can be heard in the stressed/unstressed syllables of the following words: car' wash, out' side, Day' ton, off' spring	4
10526432846	Turning point	the third part of plot structure, the point at which the action stops rising and begins falling or reversing. Sometimes referred to as the climax of the story.	5
10526451210	Villanelle	a verse form consisting of nineteen lines divided into six stanzas - five tercets (three-line stanzas) and one quatrain (four-line stanza). The first and third line of the first tercet rhyme, and this rhyme is repeated through each of the next four tercets and in the last two lines of the concluding quatrain.	6
10526471325	Voice	the acknowledged or unacknowledged source of the words of the story; the speaker; the "person" telling the story or poem. When referring to voice in a literary passage, you should look closely at all the elements of the author's style and just how these elements come together in the particular piece of literature you are reading.	7