AP Literature Glossary Flashcards

4750646754	allegory	a work that functions on a symbolic level	0
4750648665	alliteration	the repetition of initial consonant sounds	1
4750649007	allusion	a reference contained in work	2
4750649344	anapest	a metrical pattern of 2 unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable	3
4750651580	antagonist	the force or character that opposes the main charcater	4
4750653042	apostrophe	direct address in poetry	5
4750654390	aside	words spoken by an actor intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters	6
4750654912	aubade	a love poem set at dawn which bids farewell to the beloved	7
4750655490	ballad	a simple narrative poem, often incorporating dialogue that is written in quatrains, generally with a rhyme scheme a b c d	8
4750656748	blank verse	unrhymed iambic pentameter. Most of Shakespeare's plays are in this form	9
4750658923	cacophony	harsh and discordant sounds in a line or passage of a literary work	10
4750661832	caesura	a break or pause within a line of poetry indicated by punctuation and used to emphasize meaning	11
4750662771	catharsis	according to Aristotle, the release of emotion that the audience of a tragedy experiences	12
4750663938	character	one who carries out the action of the plot in literature	13
4750664789	climax	the turning point of action or character in a literary work, usually the highest moment of tension	14
4750668966	comic relief	the inclusion of a humongous character or scene to contrast with the tragic elements of a work, thereby intensifying the next tragic event	15
4750672143	conflict	a clash between opposing forces in a literary work, such as man vs man; man vs nature; man vs God; man vs self	16
4750673169	connotation	the interpretive level of a word based on its associated images rather than its literal meaning	17
4750673829	convention	a traditional aspect of a literary work, such as a soliloquy in a Shakespeare play or a tragic hero in Greek tradegy	18
4750675018	couplet	two lines of rhyming poetry; often used by Shakespeare to conclude a scene or an important passage	19
4750675781	dactyl	a foot of poetry consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables	20
4750677457	denotation	the literal or dictionary meaning of a word	21
4750677935	denouement	the conclusion or tying up of loosed ends in a literary works; the resolution of the conflict and plot	22
4750679639	deus ex machina	a Greek invention, literally "the god from the machine" who appears at the last moment and resolves the loose ends of a play. Today, the term refers to anyone, usually of some stature, who untangles, resolves, or reveals the key to the plot of a work	23
4750682786	diction	the author's choice of word	24
4750683559	dramatic monologue	a type of poem that presents a conversation between a speaker and an implied listener	25
4750684685	elegy	a poem that laments the dead or a loss	26
4750684931	enjabment	a technique in poetry that involves the running on of a line or stanza. It enables the poem to move and to develop coherence as well as directing the reader with regard to form and meaning	27
4750688708	epic	a lengthy, elevated poem that celebrates the exploits of a hero	28
4750689152	epigram	a brief witty poem	29
4750689575	euphony	the pleasant, mellifluous presentation of sounds in a literary work	30
4750691570	exposition	background information presented in a literary work	31
4750691727	fable	a simple, symbolic story, usually employing animals as characters	32
4750694087	figurative language	the body of devices that enables the writer to operate on levels other than the literal one	33
4750694576	flashback	a device that enables writers to refer to past thoughts, events, episodes	34
4750695602	foot	a metrical unit in poetry; a syllabic measure of a line	35
4750696075	foreshadowing	hints of future events in a literary work	36
4750696906	form	the shape or structure of a literary work	37
4750697088	free verse	poetry without a defined form, meter, or rhyme scheme	38
4750697695	hyperbole	extreme exaggeration	39
4750698050	iamb	a metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented on; the most common poetic foot in the English language	40
4750700168	idyll	a type of lyric poem which extols the virtues of an ideal place or time	41
4750700670	image	a verbal approximation of a sensory impression, concept, or emotion	42
4750701321	imagery	the total effect of related sensory images on a work of literature	43
4750701734	impressionism	writing that reflects a personal image of a character, event, or concept	44
4750702413	irony	an unexpected twist or contrast between what happens and what was intended or expected to happen. It involves dialogue and situation, and it can be intentional or unplanned	45
4750705434	dramatic irony	centers around the ignorance of those involved while the audience is aware of the circumstance	46
4750706777	lyric poetry	a type of poetry characterized by emotion, personal feelings, and brevity; a large and inclusive category of poetry that exhibits rhyme, meter, and reflective thought	47
4750709605	magical realism	a type of literature that explores narratives by and about characters who inhabit and experience their reality differently from what we term the objective world	48
4750712843	metaphor	a direct comparison between dissimilar things	49
4750713482	metaphorical poetry	refers to the work of poets like John Donne who explore highly complex, philosophical ideas through extended metaphors and paradox	50
4750714685	meter	a pattern of beats in poetry	51
4750715086	metonymy	a figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea	52
4750715972	monologue	a speech given buy one character	53
4750716231	motif	the repetition or variations of an image or idea in a work which is used to develop theme or charcaters	54
4750716941	narrative poem	a poem that tells a story	55
4750717216	narrator	the speaker of a literary work	56
4750717702	octave	an eight-line stanza, usually combined with a seater in a Petrarchan sonnet	57
4750718312	ode	a formal lengthy poe that celebrates a particular subject	58
4750718726	onomatopeia	words that sound like the sound they represnt	59
4750719146	oxymoron	an image of contradictory terms	60
4750719411	parable	a story that operates on more than one level and usually teaches a moral lesson	61
4750720182	paradox	a set of seemingly contradictory elements which nevertheless reflects an underlying truth	62
4750722483	parallel plot	a secondary story line that mimics and reinforces the main plot	63
4750722986	parody	a comic imitation of a work that ridicules the original	64
4750723515	pathos	the aspects of a literary work that elicit pity from the audience	65
4750723777	personification	the assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts	66
4750724575	plot	a sequence of events in a literary work	67
4750725522	point of view	the method of narration in a work	68
4750726253	protagonist	the hero or main character of a literary work	69
4750726998	quatrain	a four-line stanza	70
4750727125	resolution	the denouement of a literary work	71
4750728123	rhetorical question	a question that does not expect an explicit answer. It is used to pose an idea to be considered by the speaker or audience	72
4750729508	rhyme	the duplication of final syllable sounds in two or more lines	73
4750730513	rhythm	the repetitive pattern of beats in a poeam	74
4750731220	rhyme scheme	the annotation of the pattern of the rhyme	75
4750731829	romanticism	a style or movement of literature that has as its foundation an interest in freedom, adventure, idealism, and escape	76
4750733241	satire	a mode of writing based on ridicule, which criticizes the foibles and follies of society without necessarily offering a solution	77
4750734312	scansion	analysis of a poem's rhyme and meter	78
4750734684	sestet	a highly structured poetic form of 39 lines, written in iambic pentameter. it depends on the repetition of six words from the first stanza in each of six stanzas	79
4750736501	setting	the time and place of a literary work	80
4750737055	simile	an indirect comparison that uses the work like or as to link the differing items in the comparison	81
4750738421	soliloquy	a speech in a play which is used to reveal the character's inner thoughts to the audience.	82
4750745111	sonnet	a 14-line poem with a prescribed rhyme scheme in iambic pentameter	83
4750746417	spondee	a poetic foot consisting of two accented syllables	84
4750747008	stage directions	the specific instructions a playwright includes concerning sets, characterization, delivery, etc.	85
4750748250	stanza	a unit of a poem, similar in rhyme, meter, and length to other units in the poem	86
4750749163	structure	the organization and form of a work	87
4750749778	style	the unique way an author presents his ideas	88
4750754344	subplot	a secondary plot that explores ideas different from the main storyline	89
4750754931	subtext	implied meaning of a work or section of a work	90
4750755168	symbol	something in a literary work that stands for something else	91
4750756473	syncdoche	a figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole	92
4750757581	syntax	the grammatical structure of prose and poetry	93
4750757972	tercet	a three-line stanza	94
4750758252	theme	the underlying ideas that the author illustrates through characterization, motifs, language, plot, etc.	95
4750759163	tone	the author's attitude toward his subject	96
4750759644	tragic hero	according to Aristotle, a basically good person of noble birth or exalted position who has a fatal flaw or commits an error in judgment which leads to his downfall	97
4750762342	trochee	a single metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by one unaccented syllable	98
4750764806	understatement	the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended	99
4750765925	villanelle	a highly structured poetic form that comprises six stanzas: five tercets and a quatrain. The poem repeats the first and third line throughout.	100